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British authors want Meta to answer for alleged copyright infringement

Engadget

Creatives in the UK are once again speaking out against AI developers accessing copyrighted material. The Society of Authors have published an open letter calling for UK Secretary of State Lisa Nandy to hold Meta accountable for possible copyright infringement regarding its LLM, Llama 3.

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Why We're Blacking Out Sites: PIPA and SOPA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Copyright hawks like Rupert Murdoch and the MPAA have attacked this movement as being for piracy, against jobs, and dangerous. Like almost all libraries, we're scrupulous in following the law, because we're serving incredibly important communities. But, we're not for piracy. Don't Break the Internet!

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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College student sues Proctorio after source code copyright claim

The Verge

The lawsuit is intended to “quash a campaign of harassment designed to undermine important concerns” about the company’s remote test-proctoring software, according to the EFF. After Johnson refused, Proctorio filed a copyright takedown notice, and three of the tweets were removed.

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I was delighted to speak at the November 15th joint plenary session on “The Right to Read” campaign to achieve a world where published books are accessible and available to all individuals who are blind or have other disabilities. It includes pressuring national governments to enforce existing accessibility laws.

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One tweet tried to identify a cop — then five people were charged with felony harassment

The Verge

It’s an unprecedented use of anti-harassment laws, coming amid a nationwide law enforcement backlash against anti-police brutality activism. Activist Georgana Sziszak, one of the retweeters, revealed the complaint in a GoFundMe campaign last week. The Verge has also reviewed a copy of Sziszak’s summons.

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Vinod Sena in memoriam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He has been described as the pioneer of Talking Books in India, and had been campaigning for a copyright law change to make it easier to provide access to accessible books. Visually impaired his entire life, he was a tireless advocate for the blind and visually impaired as well as a shining role model.