Andres Guadamuz
@technollama.bsky.social
Law and technology academic. Posts about copyright law, internet regulation, AI, llamas, pandas, and cats. Rare dual Tico-British citizen.
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Pretty sure I have.
Some people take it to mean "white person", but that's never how we used it, at least in my circles in Costa Rica, it just means "person from the US", it also includes anyone of dark skin or latinos from the US.
For us it's a word that avoids the use of the hated "americano"and the inaccurate "norteamericano". I never found that it mattered who used it. I've heard that it started as pejorative, but now it's not.
The Lord of the Rings (all 3).
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
The Force Awakens
The Princess Bride
Superman II
The Matrix
Princess Mononoke
Back to the Future
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Donnie Darko
Highlander
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
The Force Awakens
The Princess Bride
Superman II
The Matrix
Princess Mononoke
Back to the Future
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Donnie Darko
Highlander
Why use "USian" when gringo is right there as a valid alternative.
Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright infringement in the model and in the outputs, granted injunctive relief, ordered disclosure, and paved the way for damages to be decided at a later date.
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Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright…
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright…
One of my favourite nano banana prompts is "a behind the scenes photo of how this image was created".
Oh, I've read every version of my name. Andreas Gaudamus is quite a popular version.
Pro-Tip: when asking if I can be your PhD supervisor, at least get the university where I work right.
I have a 5pm class today, which means I can't do anything else all day.
I'm surprised you trust the station staff. Personally I just slaughter the first available pigeon to read its entrails. Better results.
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
This one is breaking my mind. I’m trying to make sense of someone who knows ‘open source’ well enough to think it means they can use literary characters for free, yet has never encountered the fae as a basic bit of folklore.
And when did 'open source' replace 'public domain'?
And when did 'open source' replace 'public domain'?
Reposted by Andrés Guadamuz, Mary Burke
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
Costa Rica failed to qualify for the world cup. Looks like I'll be supporting Ireland and Scotland this year.
It's snowing. It's November. What is this new devilry?
Have you ever seen a free-ish week in your agenda, and proceeded to put all of your meetings there?
This week is that week. What was I thinking?
This week is that week. What was I thinking?
Our journal is international, so evidently not every submission is by a native English speaker, heck, I'm not a native speaker either :)
So yes, I'm thinking that if they're upfront about it I'm fine with it.
So yes, I'm thinking that if they're upfront about it I'm fine with it.
I'm starting to notice the following message at the bottom of articles submitted to the journal I edit:
"This article used AI tools for grammar and copy editing".
Thoughts? I think that this is fine as I also use AI to check my grammar, so it feels like it's fine.
"This article used AI tools for grammar and copy editing".
Thoughts? I think that this is fine as I also use AI to check my grammar, so it feels like it's fine.
It's quite a few, more than the occasional one I would get once a year, and I have no idea what has prompted the change. Am I being recommended more in reading lists? Has my writing improved (unlikely), I love untangling new patterns in data, and this has me stumped.
I know this is the type of self-serving stuff that fits LinkedIn better, but over the last few months I've been getting messages over there from students at other universities telling me that they really enjoyed my articles. I'm flattered, but I have to wonder why now?
Oh yes, I forgot I had done that! I was in Paris I think.
Some of the events can be fun, but I'm always the resident academic, sort of there for the respectability. Getting paid for a change is nice though 😸
I had stopped going to BILETA style conferences a long time ago, and now I've even missed the last couple of Gikiis, it's tough indeed knowing what to prioritise.
I'm trying to think when was the last time that I attended an academic event and I honestly don't know when. There are a few reasons why, mostly lack of funds, but I also find large conferences increasingly useless.
I do miss smaller events for networking, but find it more difficult to make time.
I do miss smaller events for networking, but find it more difficult to make time.
This is more self-aggrandising than my normal outputs, but I’m feeling smug after a good week. Sue me.
Writing is weird. I keep seeing some of my ideas make their way into legal documents, not always attributed, but I don't mind. Yesterday I dropped a bomb, an idea so simple yet so devastating that I wondered if anyone would notice. And today someone picked it up. Now we see if it sticks.
The funny thing is that these people have given 0 thought to the legal implications. Training took place in the US, so if they sue in Japan they have 2 options: claim US law applies (currently fair use), or claim Japanese law applies (wide TDM exception). That's why they issued a letter, not sued.