Hacker News with Generative AI: Law

AI and Copyright: Expanding Copyright Hurts Everyone–Here's What to Do Instead (eff.org)
You shouldn't need a permission slip to read a webpage–whether you do it with your own eyes, or use software to help. AI is a category of general-purpose tools with myriad beneficial uses. Requiring developers to license the materials needed to create this technology threatens the development of more innovative and inclusive AI models, as well as important uses of AI as a tool for expression and scientific research.
Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Law, Technology, Open Source
6 points by hn_acker 1 day ago | 0 comments
Mexico issues legal threat to Google (thecomeback.com)
On Jan. 20, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America.”
Mexico, Google, Law, Politics
106 points by thund 2 days ago | 140 comments
Journalists launch legal action against Italian government over spyware claims (theguardian.com)
Italy’s national union for journalists has submitted a criminal complaint to prosecutors in Rome after Giorgia Meloni’s government shut down questions in parliament over suspicions it had illegally used spyware technology to hack the phones of critics instead of criminals.
Journalism, Italy, Government, Surveillance, Law
11 points by adrian_mrd 2 days ago | 0 comments
Trump Enforcers Affirm Lina Khan's Approach to Antitrust (thebignewsletter.com)
Some big news today on the political antitrust front. The most consequential antitrust power struggle you’ve never heard of has been won… by the good guys. The short story is the Trump administration just said they will enforce antitrust law to stop harmful mergers using the guidelines that Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter helped create in 2023.
Politics, Antitrust, Law, Mergers, Government
7 points by toomuchtodo 2 days ago | 0 comments
Tesla's law firm drafts Delaware bill that could salvage Musk pay package (cnbc.com)
Tesla, Law, Business, Delaware, Musk
13 points by foobarqux 3 days ago | 2 comments
Policing the internet in Germany, where hate speech, insults are a crime [video] (youtube.com)
Internet Censorship, Hate Speech, Germany, Law, Video
12 points by BSDobelix 3 days ago | 14 comments
UN judge forced woman to work as slave, court told (bbc.com)
A United Nations judge deceived a young woman into coming to the UK to work as her slave while she studied at the University of Oxford, a court has heard.
Human Rights, Law, UK, Courts
3 points by impish9208 4 days ago | 2 comments
Meta Says It'll Tattle to Trump If EU Keeps Being Mean (gizmodo.com)
Meta, European Union, Politics, Law, Social Media
8 points by taimurkazmi 4 days ago | 1 comments
Justice Dept asks Supreme Court to decide if ethics watchdog can remain fired (nbcnews.com)
The Trump administration will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that ordered a government ethics watchdog reinstated to his post after the president fired him.
Law, Politics, Government, Ethics
10 points by basementcat 4 days ago | 1 comments
NOAA: File is deleted by executive order [pdf] (noaa.gov)
NOAA, Government, Law, Environment
59 points by paulgb 5 days ago | 19 comments
No good deed goes unpunished: can we now be sued over software we give away? (kevinboone.me)
Until recently, developers have generally assumed that the creators of open-source software are not subject to liability in negligence.
Open Source, Law, Software Development, Liability
61 points by ingve 6 days ago | 50 comments
Court rulings referenced in condo dispute were AI generated, 'do not exist,' (ctvnews.ca)
Artificial Intelligence, Law, Technology, Legal Disputes
13 points by bawolff 7 days ago | 2 comments
Law firm restricts AI after 'significant' staff use (bbc.co.uk)
An international law firm has blocked general access to several artificial intelligence (AI) tools after it found a "significant increase in usage" by its staff.
Artificial Intelligence, Law, Technology, Workplace
34 points by ColinWright 7 days ago | 18 comments
Apple to Restore TikTok to US App Store Following Justice Department Letter (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are restoring ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok to their app stores on Thursday following assurances in a letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi that a ban wouldn’t immediately be enforced.
Apple, TikTok, App Stores, US Government, Law
7 points by mfiguiere 8 days ago | 1 comments
US prosecutor in New York resigns after order to drop mayoral case (ft.com)
US Politics, New York, Law, Corruption
56 points by sealeck 8 days ago | 15 comments
Banksy Fights with Greeting Card Company for Control of His Trademark (robbreport.com)
Banksy, the anonymous British graffiti artist, risks losing the right to his own name in a landmark case brought against him by a greeting card company.
Art, Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
54 points by abetusk 8 days ago | 19 comments
The Future of GPLv3 Hangs in the Balance (sfconservancy.org)
SFC filed an amicus brief in the ongoing case of Neo4j, Inc. v. PureThink, LLC, which is now appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Open Source, Law, Software Licenses
29 points by m463 8 days ago | 5 comments
Elizabeth Holmes' PR campaign continues (theverge.com)
People checks in on the Theranos founder in prison for whatever reason.
Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, Business, Crime, Law
41 points by smgit 8 days ago | 52 comments
ScarJo calls for AI safety laws after fake video of celebrities goes viral (nbcnews.com)
Actor Scarlett Johansson is urging lawmakers to regulate the use of artificial intelligence after her likeness was used without her consent in a fake viral video that appears to show a handful of celebrities protesting the rapper Ye.
Artificial Intelligence, Celebrity, Law, Privacy, Social Media
4 points by petethomas 9 days ago | 0 comments
Judge orders Trump admin. to restore CDC and FDA webpages by midnight (arstechnica.com)
A federal judge today, February 11, gave the Trump administration until 11:59 pm tonight to restore public documents and datasets that were abruptly removed or altered from federal health websites to comply with an executive order on gender ideology.
Politics, Law, Government, Health, Science
10 points by isaacfrond 9 days ago | 1 comments
Federal judge upholds Massachusetts automotive right-to-repair law (bostonglobe.com)
Law, Automotive, Massachusetts
45 points by chefandy 10 days ago | 9 comments
Why Legal Immigration Is Nearly Impossible: US Legal Immigration Rules Explained (cato.org)
Immigration, Law, United States
48 points by zerr 10 days ago | 112 comments
Judge tells agencies to restore webpages and data (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered government agencies to restore public access to health-related webpages and datasets that they removed to comply with an executive order by President Donald Trump.
Government, Law, Technology, Public Health
95 points by petethomas 10 days ago | 53 comments
EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App (macrumors.com)
In the European Union, the Digital Markets Act allows developers to distribute iOS apps through alternate app stores.
iOS, App Stores, Europe, Pornography, Law
57 points by ilamont 10 days ago | 79 comments
Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials (theguardian.com)
President directs DoJ to pause prosecutions under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and issues pardon to Rod Blagojevich
Politics, Law, Corruption
16 points by croes 10 days ago | 2 comments
Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials (cnbc.com)
Politics, Law, Corruption, United States
34 points by redbell 11 days ago | 12 comments
Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk's DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks (propublica.org)
As members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have fanned out across the government in recent days, attention has focused on the young Silicon Valley engineers who are wielding immense power in the new administration.
Law, Politics, Technology, Elon Musk
9 points by petethomas 11 days ago | 0 comments
Cline founder stole my code (github.com/cline)
The Apache License 2.0 is designed to promote open-source collaboration while ensuring that proper attribution is maintained.
Open Source, Software, Law, Copyright
22 points by Szpadel 12 days ago | 1 comments
Why UK Online Safety Act may not be safe for bloggers (theregister.com)
Individual publishers could be held liable for visitors' off-topic posts, legal eagle argues
Online Safety, Legislation, Blogging, UK, Law
4 points by LinuxBender 13 days ago | 1 comments
What's going on with AI copyright authorship? (technollama.co.uk)
It’s been a while since we covered the AI authorship debate here at Llama Towers, despite it being one of the first AI legal questions we discussed here nearly 10 years ago (time flies when you’re having fun, eh?). The gap has largely been because everyone’s attention has been centred squarely on copyright infringement, leaving the AI authorship question to take a backseat.
Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Law
4 points by AndrewDucker 13 days ago | 0 comments