Zoom’s TOS Permit Training AI on User Content Without Opt-Out - Let me repeat, NO Opt-Out. Your data will be used to train #AI without your permission. User’s be damned… #Zoom #privacy #DataProtection #UserRights https://stackdiary.com/zoom-terms-now-allow-training-ai-on-user-content-with-no-opt-out/

@ArneBab @fsf

I notice that copyright holders, like Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, and Richard Kadrey are suing Meta and OpenAI for copyright infringement, so I hope that copyleft will have its legal battles in a similar vein.

Also, I'm betting that existing GPLv3 licenses don't mention being used as training data in other algorithms. I imagine there could be stronger legal wording in future licenses that specifies consequences for using copyleft software as training data for closed source algorithms.

Defending the copyright system seems at the heart and core of the copyleft free software agenda, and currently Sarah Silverman et al seems to be leading the charge.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/9/23788741/sarah-silverman-openai-meta-chatgpt-llama-copyright-infringement-chatbots-artificial-intelligence-ai

#sarahsilverman #copyleft #gpl #gplv3 #ai #generativeai #license #copyright #userrights #opensource

Are there software licenses out there that guarantee to the user the ability to receive updates and improvements to a piece of open source software?

I don't know of any license other than the GPL that provides this guarantee to the user.

I know that I'm more motivated to learn a new tool when it is protected by the GPL because of this guarantee that future versions will also be open source.

When I license my own software, I choose the Affero GPLv3 because it provides this extra guarantee to the users, even if the software serving the user is on a webserver.

#foss #fosh #floss #flosh #freesoftware #libresoftware #opensource #proprietary #userrights #users #userfreedom #affero #afferogpl #gplv3 #afferogplv3 #gpl

Crypto Exchange Bkex Suspends Withdrawals Amid Money Laundering Incident - Bkex, a crypto exchange based in the British Virgin Islands, has suspended withdra... - https://news.bitcoin.com/crypto-exchange-bkex-suspends-withdrawals-amid-money-laundering-incident/ #britishvirginislands #globaltradevolume #bkexwithdrawals #moneylaundering #tradingplatform #cryptoexchange #lawenforcement #investigation #transparency #cooperation #withdrawals #userrights #evidence #news #bkex

@rolle @bagder

You disagree with what exactly? That there are no viable alternatives to a walled garden whose owners abuse those who use it? Who have no respect for their work and intellectual property rights?

Because there are plenty of alternatives that people use every day.

https://GiveUpGitHub.org/

https://mako.cc/writing/hill-free_tools.html

#GiveUpGitHub #UserRights #SurveillanceCapitalism #OpenSource

RT @Brigitte_Vezina
📯Webinar! The @creativecommons #Copyright Platform Working Group on #UserRights will present its new position paper "The global harmonization of user rights: approaches towards an international instrument."

📆Wednesday 25 Jan | 4pm UTC

👇Register now👇https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvcuqopj8sE92AqBi71jSYADjQJ93q21Cn

RT @Knowledge21org
Did you know German copyright law supports research by allowing libraries to preserve not just analogue materials but (temporarily) licensed e content also?

Check out our latest blog piece from Policy Committee member Harald Müller.

#UserRights

https://www.knowledgerights21.org/how-german-libraries-are-able-to-copy-their-complete-holdings-both-analogue-and-digital-with-the-blessing-of-the-german-copyright-act/

RT @Knowledge21org
A major #copyright development:

🇫🇮 Constitutional Law Committee rejects the draft implementation of the DSM Directive as it fails to support the constitutional right to education and science.

A very important precedent.

#UserRights #FixCopyright

https://libereurope.eu/article/the-fundamental-right-to-education-and-science-constitutional-law-v-copyright-law/

😎 Meta, Google, twitter better not mess with European privacy regulators & Europeans' user data — a model to follow for other states caring about the privacy & rights of their citizens exploited by reckless company policies & objectives.

#Privacy #GDPR #BigTech #UserRights #Freedom #Compliance #DataSafety
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/01/04/ireland-fines-meta-390-million-in-latest-privacy-crackdown

The @fsf is dedicated to protecting user rights and freedom. It's a mission to be embraced and celebrated! #SoftwareFreedom #UserRights #FreedomToShare