ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>AFP: Authors hold London protest against Meta for ‘stealing’ work to train AI. “Around 100 authors on Thursday protested outside the London headquarters of Meta, accusing the U.S. tech giant of ‘stealing’ content to train its Artificial Intelligence models.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/04/afp-authors-hold-london-protest-against-meta-for-stealing-work-to-train-ai/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/04/afp-authors-hold-london-protest-against-meta-for-stealing-work-to-train-ai/</a></p>
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Fionor<p>I have this urge... to create, to write, to put out some content. To give back to communities that inspired my own <a href="https://mas.to/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> for years. And even if my ADHD makes it hard, I'm capable of doing so.<br>But why bother?</p><p>Anything I could share would be sooner or later fed to some <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> or other <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> crap.<br>I'm okay if I reach out only to small audience of few people. I'm not okay with giving out my work as free training data for some model.<br>Not because of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a>, but because I value creativity.</p>
Glyn Moody<p>Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea. - <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/cong</span><span class="invisible">ress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sopa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sopa</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pipa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pipa</span></a> are back, now they are called the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FADPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FADPA</span></a>). we must stop it <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a></p>
Fish in the Percolator<p>Now this is cool research and totally have a point. </p><p>And again questioning where did this land on the "malice - stupidity" scale, as usual.</p><p><a href="https://theaiunderwriter.substack.com/p/an-image-of-an-archeologist-adventurer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theaiunderwriter.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible">p/an-image-of-an-archeologist-adventurer</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/StudioGhibli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudioGhibli</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Why Italy’s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Piracy</span></a> Shield risks moving from tiresome digital farce to serious national tragedy – Walled Culture </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Blocklists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blocklists</span></a> are drawn up by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> companies, without any review, or the possibility of any objections, and those blocks must be enforced within 30 minutes. Needless to say, such a ham-fisted and biased approach to copyright infringement is already producing some horrendous blunders</p><p><a href="https://walledculture.org/why-italys-piracy-shield-risks-moving-from-tiresome-digital-farce-to-serious-national-tragedy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">walledculture.org/why-italys-p</span><span class="invisible">iracy-shield-risks-moving-from-tiresome-digital-farce-to-serious-national-tragedy/</span></a></p>
Brian Greenberg<p>⚠️ Congress is reviving site-blocking laws—and EFF says it’s as reckless as ever.</p><p>Proposals like the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA) would empower courts to order ISPs and DNS providers to block entire websites—without due process.</p><p>Why it matters:<br>・🛑 Site-blocking doesn’t just target piracy—it silences speech<br>・💥 It can unintentionally take down thousands of innocent sites<br>・🕵️ Evading blocks is trivial—using VPNs, alternate DNS, etc.<br>・⚖️ Many cases would be handled ex parte, with no one to defend the accused</p><p>EFF calls this an internet kill switch in disguise, and it’s a dangerous precedent for free expression and open web access in the U.S.</p><p>The entertainment industry is thriving without these laws. So why hand them censorship power?</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/cong</span><span class="invisible">ress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InternetFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SiteBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiteBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WebGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebGovernance</span></a></p>
Chris Smart, ve3rwj<p>Will These New <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tools</span></a> Make <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Songwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Songwriters</span></a> Irrelevant In 2025?<br><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Youtube</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/RickBeato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RickBeato</span></a>…<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSswFa8Ta1k" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=JSswFa8Ta1</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/suno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suno</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Amid ongoing concern over AI's impact on art and culture, authors held a protest in London against Meta for "stealing" their work. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/04/entertainment-news/authors-protest-meta-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/04/entertainment-news/authors-protest-meta-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entertainmentnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entertainmentnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>london</span></a></p>
LisPiIs anyone aware of a partial fork of <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/fanficfare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FanFicFare</a> that follows upstreams but which rebases branches with adapters disregarding the copyright nonsense preventing the implementation of some extractors upstream?<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/fanfic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fanfic</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/fanfiction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fanfiction</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/copyright" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Copyright</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://udongein.xyz/tag/fuckcopyright" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckCopyright</a>
Jonathan Bailey<p>A judge has awarded a photographer summary judgment in a case against the City of Chicago. It could be a major win for artists everywhere.</p><p><a href="https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/04/03/photojournalist-wins-lawsuit-against-the-city-of-chicago/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">plagiarismtoday.com/2025/04/03</span><span class="invisible">/photojournalist-wins-lawsuit-against-the-city-of-chicago/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FairUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairUse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>Massive Expansion Of Italy’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PiracyShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PiracyShield</span></a> Underway Despite Growing Criticism Of Its Flaws - <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/massive-expansion-of-italys-piracy-shield-underway-despite-growing-criticism-of-its-flaws/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/04/03/massiv</span><span class="invisible">e-expansion-of-italys-piracy-shield-underway-despite-growing-criticism-of-its-flaws/</span></a> bad stuff happening in Italy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a></p>
Jonathan Bailey<p>Judge allows Isaac Hayes lawsuit to move forward, Russia bans ads on all blocked websites and Taylor Swift told to wait in her lawsuit.</p><p><a href="https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/04/03/3-count-still-coming/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">plagiarismtoday.com/2025/04/03</span><span class="invisible">/3-count-still-coming/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IsaacHayes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsaacHayes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TaylorSwift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaylorSwift</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>
Theodore Kuechel<p>Just been re-visiting over the National Archive's feed on Flickr. Over 20,000 images with no copyright restrictions <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GoldMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldMine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Open" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Open</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reuse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archives</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/nationalarch</span><span class="invisible">ives/</span></a></p>
Rasmus Fleischer<p>What if Sweden's reponse to US tariffs would be to legalize The Pirate Bay again.</p><p>You know, that search engine which once caused the US to threaten Sweden with sanctions.<br><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/thepiratebay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thepiratebay</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>piracy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Gizmodo: Screamboat‘s Director Breaks Down the Ins and Outs of Public Domain Horror. “Winnie the Pooh. Popeye. Steamboat Willie. These days, it seems the instant a recognizable character becomes public domain, someone immediately turns them into a horror movie. Why is that, and what is it like behind the scenes? To get those answers, io9 spoke with Steven LaMorte. He’s the co-writer and […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/gizmodo-screamboats-director-breaks-down-the-ins-and-outs-of-public-domain-horror/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/gizmodo-screamboats-director-breaks-down-the-ins-and-outs-of-public-domain-horror/</a></p>
Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )<p>From: blenderdumbass . org</p><p>Meta ( allegedly ) tried to hire 3D artists to justify in court that 3D art is apparently so easy and quick to make, that it is uncopyrightable, so they could not ask for permission from 3D artists for training their AI.</p><p>Read or listen: <a href="https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/meta_argues:__art_is_so_easy_it_is_uncopyrightable_" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blenderdumbass.org/articles/me</span><span class="invisible">ta_argues:__art_is_so_easy_it_is_uncopyrightable_</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Blender3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blender3d</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AiArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AiArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/3DArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/b3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>b3d</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Effort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Effort</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>UK plans fresh round of talks to take sting out of AI copyright proposals – POLITICO <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/888782/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/888782/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BeebanTaniaKidron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeebanTaniaKidron</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChrisBryant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisBryant</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Tell <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> : No to Internet <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Blacklists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blacklists</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FADPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FADPA</span></a> , and other proposals in the works, would force internet service providers (ISPs) and domain name system ( <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> ) providers to block sites, including U.S. sites, based on one-sided <a href="https://mas.to/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> accusations, even when those sites also host lawful content. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/isp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isp</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-no-to-internet-blacklists" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">act.eff.org/action/tell-congre</span><span class="invisible">ss-no-to-internet-blacklists</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea</p><p>More than a decade ago, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> tried to pass <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SOPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOPA</span></a> & <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PIPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PIPA</span></a> —two bills that would have allowed the gov & <a href="https://mas.to/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> holders to shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/backlash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backlash</span></a> was immediate & massive. Internet users, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> advocates, & tech companies flooded lawmakers with protests, … in an “Internet Blackout” on Jan 18, 2012. Turns out, Americans don’t like gov-run <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blacklists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blacklists</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/cong</span><span class="invisible">ress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever</span></a></p>
Aknorals⚑Ⓐ 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> <br>As always, Copyright is a global censorship regime. But using it to censor public knowledge of laws is really a next level move.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intellectualproperty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectualproperty</span></a></p>
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