xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging their deal to integrate ChatGPT into Apple's OSes stifles competition and that Apple favors OpenAI in its App Store rankings
in their great past. @elonmusk is right to do this. [image] Bluesky: Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Can Musk sue his way to the top of the App Store? I asked Stanford Law Prof. @marklemley.bsky.social...
Tech trade groups CTA and CCIA back Anthropic's appeal of a court ruling allowing a copyright class action, fearing big settlements could chill AI investment
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ... Their argument is apparently that that the legality of their business model should not be questioned because AI is too important. Lili Saintcrow / @lilithsaintcrow.co...
Elon Musk calls on California's and Delaware's AGs to force OpenAI to auction off a large stake in its business; source: OpenAI had no plans for such an auction
Oligarchs gonna go full PvP amongst themselves, and the question is how much the various institutions they've attempted to purchase play along — Will Musk be able to compel, say, the DOJ to exert pr...
The Internet Archive loses its appeal of a US district court ruling that favored publishers in a copyright dispute over the nonprofit's ebook lending program
I could follow the logic of the concept of the Digital Library itself, but the “National Emergency Library” was clearly a step too far. There was no way “let's unilaterally lend out unlimited digital...
Filing: AT&T and Verizon ask the FCC to deny SpaceX's request to waive rules, claiming Starlink's service with T-Mobile would interfere with existing networks
PETITION TO DENY OF AT&T I. INTRODUCTION AT&T Services, Inc. … Federal Communications Commission : Verizon Opposition To Petition For Waive Jess Weatherbed / The Verge : AT&T and Verizon have a beef w...
US District Judge Reed O'Connor recuses himself from X's advertiser lawsuit over an alleged ad boycott; O'Connor held stock in Tesla and Unilever
as to the timeline, it does come “after” the NPR reporting — but the inference that they're related does not seem to be backed up by the facts of today's recusal, as I have detailed in my thread. @tha...
Email: the World Federation of Advertisers discontinues activities of its nonprofit, GARM, following X's antitrust lawsuit, but intends to contest X's claims
what's next for advertisers looking for controls Vish Gain / Silicon Republic : Not-for-profit ad group GARM shuts down after X lawsuit Seb Joseph / Digiday : Elon Musk's lawsuit shatters GARM, reveal...
How the Internet Archive plans to defend its digital lending practices as it appeals a US court's 2023 ruling; IA says it was forced to remove over 500K books
https://www.techdirt.com/... Kevin Carson / @KevinCarson1@kolektiva.social : Copyright Nazis strike again: — If you found out that 500,000 books had been removed from your local public library, at t...
Sources: the EU has determined that Apple's anti-steering rules for developers do not comply with the DMA, and plans charges against Apple in the coming weeks
Two things happened this week. Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) … Thomas Claburn / The Register : European Commission may be about to put the squeeze on Apple for its App Store rules Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : ...
Elon Musk says X is “lifting all restrictions” in Brazil after a court ruling to block certain accounts, which X is defying, and calls on the judge to resign
This article translated — Elon when autocrats request the data and censorship of opponents and critics: Ok, we gotta comply with the law. — Elon when democratic governments request data on people ...