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EFF to court: The Supreme Court must rein in secondary copyright liability

news.ycombinator.com Betty Gedlu 2025-09-27 17:59:27

If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of copyright infringement. This would threaten innocent users who rely on broadband for essential aspects of daily life. EFF—along with the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and Re:Create—filed an amicus brief urging the Court to reverse the decision. The Stakes: Turning

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‘Peacemaker’ Went Full ‘Doctor Who’ Explaining How Portal Doors Work

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-09-29 03:15:44

It’s time to see once again what’s new in the world of Christopher Smith in another episode of Peacemaker. Will Chris return in the nick of time to save Eagly from whatever twin-tailed horrors ARGUS has in store for our feathered friend? Will Chris and Harcourt ever become Facebook official? Will we ever figure out why Chris’ “best dimension” appears not to have any non-white people roaming about in the background? Let’s cease with the incessant questions and what awaits Episode four, “Need I S

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Brazil's Supreme Court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

news.ycombinator.com Tom Phillips 2025-09-30 23:28:44

A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy. Justice Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha ruled on Thursday that Bolsonaro – a former paratrooper who was elected president in 2018 – was guilty of seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing the 2022 election, meaning three of the five judges involved in the t

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Judge in Anthropic AI Piracy Suit Worried Authors May 'Get the Shaft' in $1.5B Settlement

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-06 03:07:16

A federal judge on Monday ordered the court to slow-roll a proposed $1.5 billion settlement to authors whose copyrighted works Anthropic pirated to train its Claude AI models. Judge William Alsup, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, said the deal is "nowhere close to complete," and he will hold off on approving it until more questions are answered. Alsup's concerns seem to be around making sure authors have enough notice to join the suit, according to Bloomberg. In

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In court filing, Google concedes the open web is in “rapid decline”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-07 23:29:40

Is the web thriving or faltering? Google has an unexpected take in a new legal filing. Google is heading back to court soon in hopes of convincing a judge that it should not have to split up its ad business. The company lost its adtech antitrust case earlier this year, and now it's up to the court to decide on remedies for the illegal conduct. In its response to the DOJ's requested remedies, Google made a startling claim: "The fact is that today, the open web is already in rapid decline." Googl

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Trump’s attempt to fire FTC Democrat gets a boost from Supreme Court

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-08 06:54:38

President Trump's attempt to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission was given a boost today, as Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts granted a stay that temporarily blocks a lower-court ruling against Trump. The Supreme Court hasn't ruled on the merits of the case. Today's order from Roberts stayed the lower-court ruling "pending further order of The Chief Justice or of the Court." Roberts set a September 15 deadline for Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democrat who was fired

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‘Peacemaker’ Makes a Case for Healing in Pocket Dimensions

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-10 11:00:53

Another week means another chance to see how things are going with good old John Cena’s Christopher Smith and his slow-burning, no-good, terrible, very bad time flirting with the escapism of his pocket universe. While last week’s episode was filled with climactic highs, such as best boy Eagly finally basking in the limelight, it also saw Chris sinking even deeper into his man pain, making a cataclysmic decision that’s sure to bite him in the ass. So without further ado, let’s recap what happened

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Why Is Google Climbing Today? Here Are The Basics

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-14 23:35:48

Google investors were overjoyed on Wednesday in response to a long-awaited decision in a high-profile federal antitrust case against Google. On Tuesday, federal judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Google could get to keep its Chrome browser, despite a previous ruling also by Mehta declaring that the tech giant’s search business was a monopoly. In response, Google stock had its largest upside non-earnings-related overnight gap up since it was a

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Court reinstates fired FTC Democrat, says Trump ignored Supreme Court precedent

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-14 23:05:00

A Democrat who was fired from the Federal Trade Commission by President Trump was reinstated to her position yesterday in an appeals court ruling. Trump's firing of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter violated Supreme Court precedent, said yesterday's ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. A District Court judge ruled the same way in July, but Slaughter couldn't get back to work because of an administrative stay that delayed the lower-court ruling from taking

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European court rules in favor of the latest US and EU data transfer framework

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-15 07:00:49

Europe’s second-highest court has dismissed a challenge against a data transfer pact between the European Union and the US. "On the date of adoption of the contested decision, the United States of America ensured an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European Union to organisations in that country," the EU’s General Court ruled ( PDF ). The two sides brokered the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework in 2023 to continue allowing US companies to store European us

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Appeals court reinstates fired Democratic FTC commissioner

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-15 19:45:49

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter can resume her work as a commissioner for the FTC, a federal appeals court has ruled. Slaughter, who was one of the two Democratic commissioners for the FTC that President Trump fired back in March, filed a lawsuit for her reinstatement. "Your continued service on the FTC is inconsistent with my administration’s priorities," a letter to the commissioners said. In July, US District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled that her removal from the agency was "unlawful and without legal e

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Ousted Democratic FTC commissioner can return (again) for now

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2025-10-16 07:19:51

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner fired by President Donald Trump without cause, can at least temporarily return to work while her legal case plays out. This h

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Judges side with Trump EPA over canceled Inflation Reduction Act grants to nonprofits

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-10-16 08:53:50

The battle over $20 billion worth of climate-related funding authorized by Congress continues as an appellate court ruled on Tuesday in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency, which had terminated Biden-era grants made to nonprofits. The legal tussle stems from EPA administrator Lee Zeldin’s decision to cancel grants dispersed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Zeldin said that the grants did not match the EPA’s current priorities and claimed, without evidence, that he had concerns a

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Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-10-16 15:59:19

Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland on February 13, 2025. Images) Alphabet shares popped 8% in extended trading as investors celebrated what they viewed as minimal consequences from a historic defeat last year in the landmark antitrust case. Last year, Google was found to hold an illegal monopoly in its core market of internet search. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled aga

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Court rules Google can keep Chrome and Android, but it’s not off the hook entirely

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-16 15:07:53

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A federal court has ruled that Google will not be required to sell Chrome or Android. The significant ruling is the latest twist in the long-running antitrust case against the company. Google is barred from requiring OEMs to preload the Play Store or other Google apps in exchange for Search. In the long-running saga, Google appears to have avoided one of the most significant possible outcomes of its US antitrust case. A federal court ruled that the compa

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Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts

news.ycombinator.com Jennifer Elias 2025-10-16 14:26:47

Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland on February 13, 2025. Images) Alphabet shares popped 8% in extended trading as investors celebrated what they viewed as minimal consequences from a historic defeat last year in the landmark antitrust case. Last year, Google was found to hold an illegal monopoly in its core market of internet search. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled aga

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Civics Is Boring. So, Let's Encrypt Something

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-16 22:58:00

December 2, 2024 Volume 22, issue 5 PDF Civics is Boring. So, Let's Encrypt Something! IT professionals can either passively suffer political solutions or participate in the process to achieve something better. Poul-Henning Kamp It's a common trope in entertainment for some character to deliver a nonlinear response to something seemingly trivial, only for that to later prove to have been a vitally important clue. So, that room the janitor won't let anybody into? Right, that isn't actually

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In a new filing, Apple fights back against court’s ‘indefensible’ Epic Games ruling

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-20 12:11:36

Earlier this evening, Apple filed a reply brief with the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, arguing multiple points why the court should either reverse Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ 2021 decision, or vacate the new injunction and assign a new judge to the case. Here are the details. ‘Indefensible’, ‘overbroad’, and ‘flawed’ In a 42-page document, Apple minces no words to refute both Epic Games’ arguments and the district court’s ruling, particularly regarding the “improper expansion and m

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‘Peacemaker’ Finally Gave Its Best Boy His Big Hero Moment

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-21 09:00:12

With the season two premiere behind us, it’s time to see what new debaucherous misadventures await John Cena’s Christopher Smith in the second episode of DC Studios’ Peacemaker. Given the explosive finale of the first episode, we’re in for a lot of explanations from our silver-helmeted would-be hero. Episode two, “A Man Is Only as Good as His Bird,” jumps back eight months before the show’s premiere, providing context for why Chris was being surveilled by his ginger-bearded buddy, John Economos

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Internet Access Providers Aren't Bound by DMCA Unmasking Subpoenas–In Re Cox

news.ycombinator.com Eric Goldman 2025-10-24 20:20:46

The DMCA online safe harbor is a notice-and-takedown scheme. Web hosts aren’t liable for copyright-infringing third-party uploads unless and until the copyright owner submits a proper takedown notice to the host, at which point the web host can remain legally protected by expeditiously removing the targeted item. By taking web hosts out of the liability chain, the DMCA nominally keeps any infringement disputes being between the uploader and the copyright owner. To help copyright owners sue anon

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Anthropic Will Settle Lawsuit With Authors Over Pirated AI Training Materials

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-27 13:27:00

Anthropic agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of authors alleging that the AI company illegally pirated their copyrighted books to use in training its AI models. The parties in the lawsuit filed a motion indicating the agreement with the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday. We don't yet know the terms of the settlement. Justin Nelson, lawyer for the authors, told CNET via email that more information will be announced soon. "This historic settlement will benefit all class member

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Michigan Supreme Court: Unrestricted phone searches violate Fourth Amendment

news.ycombinator.com Ken Macon 2025-10-27 19:36:57

The Michigan Supreme Court has drawn a firm line around digital privacy, ruling that police cannot use overly broad warrants to comb through every corner of a person’s phone. In People v. Carson, the court found that warrants for digital devices must include specific limitations, allowing access only to information directly tied to the suspected crime. We obtained a copy of the opinion for you here (the opinion starts on page 5). Michael Carson became the focus of a theft investigation involv

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German court rules Apple cannot call its smartwatch 'carbon neutral'

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-28 06:15:37

Apple has made some pretty big environmental claims over the years, and one of the more eyebrow-raising ones was that select models of its Apple Watch Series 9 were "carbon neutral." The statement drew some flack from climate experts in 2023, and now a regional court in Frankfurt, Germany has deemed the claim to be unfounded and a violation of competition laws. If the decision stands, Apple may need to revise its language for the smartwatch. The German court took issue with Apple's planting of

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Anthropic settles AI book-training lawsuit with authors

techcrunch.com Russell Brandom 2025-10-28 06:40:46

In Brief Anthropic has settled a class action lawsuit with a group of fiction and nonfiction authors, as announced in a filing on Tuesday with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Anthropic had won a partial victory in a lower court ruling and was in the process of appealing that ruling. No details of the settlement were made public, and Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Called Bartz v. Anthropic, the case deals with Anthropic’s use of books as training material fo

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Michigan Supreme Court: Unrestricted Phone Searches Violate Fourth Amendment

news.ycombinator.com Ken Macon 2025-10-28 10:36:57

The Michigan Supreme Court has drawn a firm line around digital privacy, ruling that police cannot use overly broad warrants to comb through every corner of a person’s phone. In People v. Carson, the court found that warrants for digital devices must include specific limitations, allowing access only to information directly tied to the suspected crime. Michael Carson became the focus of a theft investigation involving money allegedly taken from a neighbor’s safe. Authorities secured a warrant

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Not so fast: German court says Apple can’t call Watch carbon neutral

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-10-28 14:35:27

Two years ago, Apple announced its Watch Series 9 as its first carbon-neutral product. From cradle to grave, the company said the manufacturing, use, and disposal of the then-new model didn’t contribute to global warming. Now, a German court says that Apple has to recant the claim. Each aluminum Apple Watch Series 9 and Series 10 — two models with the carbon-neutral designation — generates just over 8 kilograms of carbon emissions. Apple then offsets those emissions through the purchase of car

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‘Peacemaker’ Returns, and Wastes No Time Retconning the New DC Universe

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-11-03 04:00:48

With Superman in the books, the time has finally come to see how DC Studios’ rebooted universe will continue with the second season of James Gunn’s John Cena-led TV series, Peacemaker. Even before the show’s release, Peacemaker existed in a unique transitional phase between the old and new DC Universes, leading fans to wonder which elements would carry over and which would be left behind. The answer to that, as gleaned from trailers and the occasional Gunn interview about its premiere being not

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Y Combinator backs Epic in Apple appeal, calls App Store fee a ‘tax on innovation’

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-03 06:28:27

It’s been a busy news day for the Epic Games vs. Apple case. Startup accelerator (and Epic Games’ biggest investor) Y Combinator filed an amicus brief today siding with Epic in the long-running antitrust case against Apple. Here are the details. ‘A punitive tax on innovation’ In a 24-page document, Y Combinator argues that while the district court’s original injunction against Apple in 2021 “created a groundbreaking opportunity for technology startups to enter and thrive,” Apple introduced new

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Deeply divided Supreme Court lets NIH grant terminations continue

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-03 06:52:45

Shortly after the Trump Administration took office, it started cancelling grants for things it had disagreements with: funding for pandemic preparation, efforts to diversify the scientific workforce, those that targeted minority health issues, and more. These terminations were challenged in court, and a consolidate case was heard in the District of Massachusetts, pitting the government against individual researchers, organizations that represent them, and states that host research institutions.

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Deel scores a lawsuit win, but not against Rippling

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-11-08 20:47:51

A Florida judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against embattled HR and payroll provider Deel. And while Deel described this as a “Rippling-aligned” and “Rippling-supported” lawsuit, this is not the infamous lawsuit filed by its rival earlier this year that involved an alleged corporate spy. Rippling CEO Parker Conrad even went so far as to say “This litigation has nothing to do with Rippling, we are not a party to it, did not fund it,” in a tweet. (Rippling representatives declined furth

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Latest Tech News

EFF to court: The Supreme Court must rein in secondary copyright liability

‘Peacemaker’ Went Full ‘Doctor Who’ Explaining How Portal Doors Work

Brazil's Supreme Court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

Judge in Anthropic AI Piracy Suit Worried Authors May 'Get the Shaft' in $1.5B Settlement

In court filing, Google concedes the open web is in “rapid decline”

Trump’s attempt to fire FTC Democrat gets a boost from Supreme Court

‘Peacemaker’ Makes a Case for Healing in Pocket Dimensions

Why Is Google Climbing Today? Here Are The Basics

Court reinstates fired FTC Democrat, says Trump ignored Supreme Court precedent

European court rules in favor of the latest US and EU data transfer framework

Appeals court reinstates fired Democratic FTC commissioner

Ousted Democratic FTC commissioner can return (again) for now

Judges side with Trump EPA over canceled Inflation Reduction Act grants to nonprofits

Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case

Court rules Google can keep Chrome and Android, but it’s not off the hook entirely

Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts

Civics Is Boring. So, Let's Encrypt Something

In a new filing, Apple fights back against court’s ‘indefensible’ Epic Games ruling

‘Peacemaker’ Finally Gave Its Best Boy His Big Hero Moment

Internet Access Providers Aren't Bound by DMCA Unmasking Subpoenas–In Re Cox

Anthropic Will Settle Lawsuit With Authors Over Pirated AI Training Materials

Michigan Supreme Court: Unrestricted phone searches violate Fourth Amendment

German court rules Apple cannot call its smartwatch 'carbon neutral'

Anthropic settles AI book-training lawsuit with authors

Michigan Supreme Court: Unrestricted Phone Searches Violate Fourth Amendment

Not so fast: German court says Apple can’t call Watch carbon neutral

‘Peacemaker’ Returns, and Wastes No Time Retconning the New DC Universe

Y Combinator backs Epic in Apple appeal, calls App Store fee a ‘tax on innovation’

Deeply divided Supreme Court lets NIH grant terminations continue

Deel scores a lawsuit win, but not against Rippling

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