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Roger Skalbeck
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Lawyer, A2J advocate, law librarian, fan of sushi, palindromes and board games.
Computers die, but you can always shine a light through a piece of plastic.

(Quote, I think, from Walt Crawford)
May 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
@copyrightlately.bsky.social Aaron Moss has a summary of the pre-publication AI and © report and related coverage:

copyrightlately.com/copyright-of...
Five Takeaways from the Copyright Office’s Controversial New AI Report
The Copyright Office released its AI fair use report a day before its leader was dismissed: the timing, the fallout, and what it all means.
copyrightlately.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Is this "Action and Reaction" - after draft / pre-publication version of part 3 of the Copyright Office AI study was published?

copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...
copyright.gov
May 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Comic about Campbell v. Acuff-Rose (2 Live Crew fair use decision from Souter)

osc.hul.harvard.edu/assets/files...
osc.hul.harvard.edu
May 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I'll definitely use this in class next year.
Practical graphics, simple language, and more than superficial coverage.
April 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I should find a way to schedule a reply to your work-related post, to make it look like I don’t “work” on the weekend.
April 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
So Nimitz library is an undergraduate college library? And they pulled 381 books that ... asked questions, proposed ideas ? Shouldn't we leave it to (college-aged) readers to decide for themselves?
April 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I don't think they got the copy right on that one. I guess messing up these doctrines is a bit of a secret of the trade?
March 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I always assume it is pronounced “sigh… pray….”
March 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thin © does have limitations, especially w/ selection and arrangement. With Duchamp's LHOOQ for comparison, it seems © could coexist with Mona Lisa smoking a pipe. Registration records attempt to reflect these limits, however imperfectly.
February 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I *love* this. Just covered Silvertop in class.
After reading it, class guessed that this Pizza Slice Pool Float would have been granted © registration.

Spoiler alert: It wasn't. www.copyright.gov/rulings-fili...
February 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
There are hundreds of these records registered in the past few years. As @brianlfrye.bsky.social would probably note - might even call it "cheesy" - but it's registered nonetheless.
February 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Here's the registration record, with relevant basis of claim and material excluded:

Basis of Claim
Selection, coordination, and arrangement of material generated by artificial intelligence.

Material Excluded
2-D artwork, AI generated image components.

publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-rec...
U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System
publicrecords.copyright.gov
February 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Here's an eggscelent song for the egg heist soundtrack.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OgG...
Egg Man
YouTube video by Beastie Boys - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM