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Disney, Universal, and WB are suing Midjourney for allowing users to post #fanart of copyrighted characters. MPAA has criticized OpenAI's Sora 2 for essentially the same thing.

Why wouldn't they go after DeviantArt, Pixiv, and Instagram next? Or worse - individual fan artists?

I'm not a fan of AI art, but I worry that some of the recent AI copyright cases will chill human-made transformative expression (a.k.a. fan works).

This is epic!

IQ bell curve meme with the captions "fan works are fair use" (over the cartoon person on the left), "actually fan works can only be fair use if they include criticism or commentary" (over the person on the center), and "fan works are fair use" again (over the person on the right). The three cartoon people are positioned over the left, center, and right sides of a bell curve labeled "IQ score".

Excerpt from the Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios (1984) court opinion: "Thus, although every commercial use of copyrighted material is presumptively an unfair exploitation of the monopoly privilege that belongs to the owner of the copyright, noncommercial uses are a different matter. A challenge to a noncommercial use of a copyrighted work requires proof either that the particular use is harmful or that, if it should become widespread, it would adversely affect the potential market for the copyrighted work. Actual present harm need not be shown; such a requirement would leave the copyright holder with no defense against predictable damage. Nor is it necessary to show with certainty that future harm will result. What is necessary is a showing by a preponderance of the evidence that some meaningful likelihood of future harm exists. If the intended use is for commercial gain, that likelihood may be presumed. But if it is for a noncommercial purpose, the likelihood must be demonstrated."

"Transformative use" isn't all there is to #fairuse - it also matters whether a use is commercial or not.

In the famous Betamax case, the court said that NC use of a copyrighted work is presumptively fair, so the burden is on the copyright holder to show that a NC use is likely to harm the market.

Probably playing chess with Falstaff 🐻

Crazy how 3.3 trillion dollars was added to the national debt

Crazy that 99% of people in this country are going to be affected by it. Me, you, your parents, grandparents, friends…

Crazy how this could’ve been prevented

Crazy, isn’t it?

My girls from another universe... 😍 They're so precious! 💚🩷
#gelphie #lgbtq

Line drawing of Hikaru, a female Pikachu with her mouth open and holding a microphone in her right hand. She is wearing a sailor uniform with a short-sleeved shirt, a skirt extending down to her feet, and a collar tied in front with a circular winged badge. She is also wearing a bracelet on her left arm. There are two semicircles like a heart at the tip of her tail.

New drawing of me cosplaying as #AtarashiiGakko! 🎤⚡🎶

Notice how I'm wearing an explorer badge on the collar!

#PMD #PokemonArt #Pokemon #Jpop #cosplay #gyaru #kawaii #ポケモン #ポケダン #新しい学校のリーダーズ #ギャル #可愛い #OCsky #pokesky

Hahaha 😂

Screenshot of a captive portal displaying the heading "Welcome to Trattoria Guest Network" and a text box with the network's terms and conditions. The following text is highlighted: "...and other abuses by third parties. Users must respect all copyrights. Downloading or sharing copyrighted materials is strictly prohibited."

Technically this user agreement prohibits you from accessing virtually *anything* online except for content in the public domain. Even your *own* emails and documents – which are, in fact, copyrighted (by you, or by your employer, if you're using a work computer). 🤣

#copyright #funny #lol

Apple's board recommends shareholders vote against proposal to eliminate diversity programs Apple's board of directors recommended investors vote against a shareholder proposal to abolish the company's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs, according to a proxy filing from the company.

✅ DEI Employer of the Day™

Apple 🍎

The Apple Board of Directors unanimously recommends that shareholders vote against an anti-DEI proposal at their annual meeting on Feb 25.

Morningstar recommends Apple shareholders vote against the anti-DEI resolution, below ⬇️

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

What other Pokémon predictions are y'all making?

#Pokemon #PokemonDay #PokemonPresents

Will another Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game be officially announced before EOY 2025? 48% chance. Background: There have been four major installments to the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series: Red and Blue Rescue Team (2005), Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky (2007), Gates to Infinity (2...

#PokemonPresents is coming up and I just remembered that I had created a prediction market about Pokémon Mystery Dungeon for #PokemonDay 2025

Place your bets if you dare! 😛🎲

#Pokemon #PMD #PokemonMysteryDungeon

The Ornate Box Mystery Dungeon: a Path Through Time · Episode

Arc 2 Episode 19 is out now!

In this episode, the crew continue their investigation of the bank robbery and get into a battle with a suspect.

Listen now on Spotify, Audible, and wherever else you get your podcasts!

#PMD #PMDTabletop #PMDActualPlay #TTRPG #podcast #PokemonMysteryDungeon #Pokemon

Lately, I've been obsessed with the Alchas Public Radio show "Live from Earth with Ted Baxcalibur". They've been doing fictional news broadcasts about a human society with a rogue government agency called DOGE that runs around and tears down entire departments like a Tauros in a kaolin shop. 🧵

hey one thing I'd really like to see, in this era of ramped up vile personal attacks on marginalized people, is less pressure from educational institutions, publishers, industries, conventions, peers etc. for artists to use their "real" name online lol

Six photographs of buildings and streets in Manchester, England

Some of the last #photos I took yesterday before my phone got bricked 🧱😭

#art #photography #manchester #UK #UKTravel #travel #travelPhotography #england

happy valentine’s day 💕💫

Year of the Snivy, Part 1: Spring Festival Shenanigans

Hey everyone!!!

Part 1 of our Lunar New Year one-shot is out now - featuring @evelynciara.bsky.social as DM and three special guests! 🧧

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible, or wherever else you listen to podcasts! 🎙️🐍

#LunarNewYear #LNY2025 #CNY2025 #PMD #TTRPG #Pokemon #podcast

Sunk cost fallacy.

I've been editing a podcast episode for @paththrutime.pmd.social and this feels so real 😭

#softwareEngineering #swe #podcasting #projectManagement #creatorLife

We have an aphorism in the software industry called the 90–90 rule:

"The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time." —Tom Cargill, Bell Labs

A yellow pleading face emoji surrounded by three red hearts

Omg Hiks ur so cuteeee

two women are standing next to each other and one is touching the other 's hair Alt: Hikaru Utada (left) and Ringo Sheena (right)

Omg... I go crazy for her rolled R's 😆

ALSO THIS VIDEO IS SO... GAY 😃🏳️‍🌈

Oh no

a cartoon duck with its mouth open and its tongue sticking out ALT: a cartoon duck with its mouth open and its tongue sticking out

My Red Rescue Team starter was a Psyduck named Duck Jr. Good times 🥲

This is horrible. If this administration weren't bad enough 😔

Important reporting on the (very) real-life consequences of some curt DC memos.

Most importantly: most life-saving aid remains "off" despite the waiver to the contrary--possibly because there's no one (left or allowed) to tell grantees to get back to work in writing.

GM Tip: Looking to set a regular schedule for a #ttrpg campaign? Set it about 50% as frequently as you know you're capable of running. You will inevitably have other games or life events occasionally, and starting at 100% is a one-way ticket to burnoutsville.
#rpg #dnd

I only vaguely remember the post; why was it bad?