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Twitch streamers are getting blindsided by years-old copyright notices

The Verge

Over the last few days, a furor has been brewing on Twitch: out of the blue, streamers started seeing copyright takedown notices appear in their inboxes. Twitch doesn’t have the tools yet to let creators bulk delete clips, let alone sift through hundreds at a time that may or may not contain copyright infringing content.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Getting some kind of licensing deal is critically important, because it will take many years for the Marrakesh Treaty to be fully implemented with its copyright exceptions. In particular, they wanted the group to endorse that a copyright exception under Marrakesh exclude works that are commercially available.

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A startup is charging $1.99 for strings of text to feed to DALL-E 2

TechCrunch

Some prompts might encourage copyright infringement, like those instructing DALL-E 2 to generate “3D models of Pokémon.” Studies show that language systems trained on vast swaths of public data, like GPT-3, can “leak” personal information, including names and addresses, when fed certain prompts.

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Great reads from around the web on October 18th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). And where you stand on the discussion of copyright, digital rights, online content sharing and intellectual property?

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The Promise & Peril of Creator Tools Like ChatGPT for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to Creator Feed Podcast , we will likely see many more creator apps and more and more creators adopt these tools.They also predict an increase in regulations and policies aimed at addressing ethical concerns – specifically around copyright and commercial use. And never should).

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Facebook pilot program linking its users’ news subscriptions could cut down on password fatigue

The Verge

It said it would rely on third-party fact-checkers to monitor posts for clickbait and copyright violations, as well as sensationalist content. To qualify as a partner, Facebook required publishers to pass its integrity standards and to have large enough audiences.

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Instagram makes it easier to see when you’re broadcasting music you can’t use

The Verge

Instagram has posted its guidelines for using copyrighted music during live videos, Stories, and other posts on the platform, and part of the announcement includes a new update to the notification that pops up to tell users they’re using unlicensed art in ways that violate its rules. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.