Hacker News with Generative AI: Legal Issues

Getting a Cease and Desist from Waffle House (jack.bio)
In late September of 2024, Hurricane Helene was spiraling towards Florida, my home state.
Hurricane Helene, Florida, Legal Issues
367 points by lafond 10 days ago | 188 comments
Musi says evidence shows Apple conspired with music industry on App Store ban (arstechnica.com)
For millions of music fans, the most controversial app ban of the past year was not the brief TikTok outage but the ongoing delisting of Musi from Apple's App Store.
Apple, Music Industry, App Stores, Legal Issues, Antitrust
13 points by pseudolus 11 days ago | 0 comments
Papua New Guinea threatened DDoSecrets with legal action over MRA data (bsky.app)
Legal Issues, Data Privacy, DDoSecrets
8 points by hn_acker 11 days ago | 1 comments
'Significant amount' of private data stolen in UK Legal Aid hack (bbc.co.uk)
A "significant amount" of private data including details of domestic abuse victims has been hacked from Legal Aid's online system.
Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Legal Issues, UK News
51 points by neversaydie 19 days ago | 40 comments
CT Towing Co's Can Hold Personal Property for Ransom Because It Was Inside a Car (jalopnik.com)
Towing companies in Connecticut are using the personal belongings inside towed cars to squeeze fees out from drivers who can't cover the costs.
Law, Connecticut, Towing, Consumer Rights, Legal Issues
5 points by rntn 21 days ago | 1 comments
Trustpilot just tried to extort us (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Business, Social Media, Legal Issues
9 points by tosh 28 days ago | 2 comments
Unity is threatening to revoke licenses of developers with flawed data (reddit.com)
Unity is currently sending emails threatening longtime developers with disabling their access completely over bogus data about private versus public licenses.
Unity, Gaming, Software Licensing, Legal Issues
63 points by LookAtThatBacon 29 days ago | 16 comments
USPTO refuses Tesla Robotaxi trademark as "merely descriptive" (arstechnica.com)
According to CEO Elon Musk, Tesla's future rests on the two-seat driverless pod.
Legal Issues, Tesla, Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation
98 points by LorenDB 29 days ago | 79 comments
Reddit Legal Team Steps in After Secret AI Bot Test Manipulates User Opinions (livescience.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Reddit, Legal Issues, Experimentation
6 points by sizzle 36 days ago | 3 comments
GPL violation in Tomba! Special Edition? (github.com/notaz)
Open Source, Software, Video Games, Legal Issues
13 points by weird_trousers 40 days ago | 1 comments
Mike Lindell's lawyers used AI to write brief–judge finds nearly 30 mistakes (arstechnica.com)
A lawyer representing MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell in a defamation case admitted using artificial intelligence in a brief that has nearly 30 defective citations, including misquotes and citations to fictional cases, a federal judge said.
Legal Issues, Artificial Intelligence, Law, Technology, Mistakes
183 points by abacussh 42 days ago | 149 comments
New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children (wired.com)
Discord is facing a new lawsuit from the state of New Jersey, which claims that the chat app is engaged in “deceptive and unconscionable business practices” that put its younger users in danger.
Legal Issues, Social Media, Child Safety
17 points by anticorporate 43 days ago | 1 comments
Kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent' (gothamist.com)
Legal Issues, New York, Children, Law
13 points by detaro 44 days ago | 2 comments
Google Paid Samsung 'Enormous Sums' for Gemini AI App Installs (bloomberg.com)
Alphabet Inc. pays Samsung Electronics Co. an “enormous sum of money” every month to preinstall Google generative AI app, Gemini, on its phones and devices, according to court testimony, even though the company’s practice of paying for installations has twice been found to violate the law.
Business, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Legal Issues
15 points by toomuchtodo 47 days ago | 4 comments
OpenDNS Quits Belgium Under Threat of Piracy Blocks or Fines of €100K per Day (torrentfreak.com)
In a brief statement citing a court order in Belgium but providing no other details, Cisco says that its OpenDNS service is no longer available to users in Belgium.
OpenDNS, Belgium, Piracy, Censorship, Legal Issues
12 points by akyuu 50 days ago | 1 comments
Figma is trademarking the word 'Dev Mode' and is sending cease and desists (reddit.com)
Figma is trying to trademark the word 'Dev Mode' and is sending cease and desists
Software, Legal Issues, Trademark, Figma
13 points by 101008 52 days ago | 2 comments
I Fought the IRS for Over $12K and won (mikekasberg.com)
This is a story about how I overpaid my 2021 taxes due to an error in TurboTax and spent nearly three years trying to recover more than $12,000 from the IRS! I began writing this back in 2022, in the midst of frustration with TurboTax and the IRS, but waited to finish writing and publish it until I knew the ending.
Taxes, Finance, Personal Finance, Legal Issues
50 points by LorenDB 54 days ago | 96 comments
Chinese suppliers are offering U.S. sellers a tariff solution–but it's not legal (fortune.com)
Exclusive: Chinese suppliers are offering U.S. Amazon sellers a tariff solution—but it’s not legal
Tariffs, International Trade, China, Amazon, Legal Issues
6 points by healsdata 56 days ago | 2 comments
Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents (reddit.com)
Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents (npr.org)
Legal Issues, Immigration, Protests, Students
93 points by foobahify 58 days ago | 27 comments
Kalshi CEO: 'State law doesn't really apply' to us (techcrunch.com)
Last week, prediction market startup Kalshi sued New Jersey and Nevada after they tried to shut down its recently launched sports trading operation.
Legal Issues, Startups, Finance, Prediction Markets
27 points by impish9208 59 days ago | 9 comments
Migrants who used Biden-era app told to leave US 'immediately' (bbc.com)
Thousands of migrants who entered the US during the Biden administration and used a special app to arrange asylum appointments are being told to leave "immediately".
Immigration, Politics, US Policy, Legal Issues
16 points by foobahify 60 days ago | 2 comments
OpenAI wants to bend copyright rules. Study suggests it isn't waiting (theregister.com)
Tech textbook tycoon Tim O'Reilly claims OpenAI mined his publishing house's copyright-protected tomes for training data and fed it all into its top-tier GPT-4o model without permission.
Copyright, Generative AI, OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Legal Issues
19 points by pseudolus 65 days ago | 7 comments
Travel Guide for Stateless People (taejun.substack.com)
I’m not sure how many frequent travelers actually travel without a passport, so I don’t know how many people will benefit from this post. Still, here’s a guide for stateless travelers. Please note: this is not legal advice, and I take no responsibility for any outcome if you follow these suggestions. That said, I hope it helps.
Travel, Statelessness, Legal Issues
31 points by mrcgnc 66 days ago | 43 comments
US accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian prison, can't get him back (independent.co.uk)
The Trump administration accidentally sent a Salvadorian immigrant to a notorious Salvadorian prison and says it can’t do anything to get him back.
Immigration, International Relations, Government, Legal Issues, Human Rights
224 points by croes 67 days ago | 146 comments
The Leader of the LeetCode Rebellion: An Interview with Roy Lee (thepennpost.com)
On March 3rd, Roy Lee got an email from Columbia University. Figuring it was just another college newsletter, Roy, the creator of Interview Coder, was shocked at what he saw when he opened the latest message in his inbox. It was a notification from Columbia University’s Center for Student Success and Intervention (CSSI) that his case would be reopened following an initial Dean’s Discipline Hearing on February 17th, where he avoided potential suspension or expulsion.
Education, Interviews, Online Learning, Legal Issues
70 points by distalx 72 days ago | 44 comments
Copyright infringement is a 'strict liability' offence (dacs.org.uk)
Infringement is decided on a case by case basis. If you think your work has been infringed, you’ll need to provide some proof of the infringement. It’s always a good idea to keep records of your work, in case you need to rely on them at a later point to prove authorship or date of creation.
Copyright, Law, Legal Issues, Intellectual Property
17 points by dp-hackernews 76 days ago | 0 comments
Court Imposes over $1.6B in Penalties on a Toyota Subsidiary for Emissions Fraud (justice.gov)
Today, U.S. District Court Judge Mark A. Goldsmith for the Eastern District of Michigan accepted Hino Motors, Ltd.’s guilty plea to a one-count criminal information charging it with having engaged in a multi-year criminal conspiracy to defraud both the U.S. government and American consumers and illicitly smuggle goods into the country.
Legal Issues, Automotive Industry, Environmental Issues, Fraud
13 points by impish9208 79 days ago | 4 comments
Health Firm Sends Bogus Takedown Demand to Vanish Reporting on Its Data Breach (techdirt.com)
Shooting the messenger is still the preferred tactic for short-sighted entities that have been embarrassed on main by having their own carelessness publicly exposed.
Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Legal Issues, Journalism
11 points by hn_acker 80 days ago | 3 comments
Ask HN: How do I deal with a cease and desist notice for my open HW project? (ycombinator.com)
Hi HN,<p>I've been working on an open-source hardware project for years, but the hosting site where I posted the documentation received a cease and desist notice to remove it. Strangely, they didn’t contact me directly. I'm nearing the end of the project and planning to sell the device, but now I'm concerned about legal risks.
Legal Issues, Open Source, Hardware, Business
12 points by IPMess 83 days ago | 12 comments
Brave wants court to endorse scraping of News Corp content (theregister.com)
Brave has gone to court to head off potential legal action from News Corp over the browser maker's auto-generated AI summaries of articles published by Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
Web Browsers, Artificial Intelligence, Legal Issues, News Media
27 points by gostsamo 85 days ago | 4 comments