Leftovers

• Evan Hahn ☛ Notes from June 2026

  Chicago’s weather is pretty lousy most of the year, but when it’s nice, it’s very nice. June blessed the city with dozens of idyllic days. But don’t worry—I still spent most of the time inside on the computer.

• Noel Rappin ☛ The Triumphant Return of a Thing Nobody Will Care About

  In 2002, legendary baseball sabermetrician Bill James released Win Shares, his mega-calculation of how to create a single baseball stat that combines everything a player can do to create value.

• Science / Mathematics / Computer Science

  • Bartosz Milewski ☛ Actegories

    Previously: Kan Extensions in Double Categories. In programming, actegories play a central role in optics: lenses, prisms, traversals, etc. To understand actegories, let’s start with the definition of a monoidal category. Monoidal Category A monoidal category is a category equipped with a tensor product. A tensor product is a functor.

  • Science Alert ☛ Gut Microbiome Could Remain Disrupted For Over a Decade After Polyp Removal

    This could explain a lot.

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Find Hidden 'Focus Switch' in The Brain – And It May Hold Clues to ADHD

    "When we inactivate these neurons, the mice become hyper distractible."

  • Science Alert ☛ Fossil Kept in a Drawer For 40 Years Turns Out to Be Antarctica's First Evidence of Dinosaurs

    We're kind of glad scientists are hoarders.

  • Science Alert ☛ A 400-Year-Old Painting Caught Bats Eating Birds Before Science Did

    Only confirmed by scientists last year.

  • Science Alert ☛ Inside Chernobyl, a Fungus Has Been Quietly Feasting on Radiation

    It's thriving.

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Find a Razor-Sharp Line of Earthquakes Hidden Beneath Alaska

    Huh??

  • Science Alert ☛ There's a Waterfall in Antarctica That Bleeds Red – Here's What's Hiding Inside It

    Antarctica's Blood Falls are even weirder than they look.

• Hardware

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan raids tech firms in widening China Hey Hi (AI) chip smuggling probe

    Taiwanese investigators have raided the Taiwan offices of US company Super Micro Computer and two other tech firms, a prosecutor said Tuesday, as part of an expanded probe into the alleged smuggling of Nvidia Hey Hi (AI) chips to China.

  • Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

    • Meduza ☛ Smartphone malware infections in Russia up 70% in a year — because apps are unavailable in official stores

      Mobile malware infections in Russia jumped 70% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported, citing MegaFon’s cyber threat monitoring system. The devices affected are primarily those running Android.

      Among the leading threats is the Android banking trojan Mamont, which accounted for 10–12% of all detected infections last year and has climbed to 15% this year, experts said. Once installed, Mamont gains access to SMS notifications as well as payment and personal data.

    • Yle ☛ End of the line — Finland says goodbye to fixed-line phone network

      Finland has had a landline telephone network since the 1880s, and Finns were eager early adopters.

      By the 1960s, Finland rose to seventh place in Europe for landline subscriptions, and the number of landline phones in Finnish homes peaked in the early 1990s.

  • Devices/Embedded

    • Raspberry Pi ☛ Make a smart home

      The dream of a smart home has been with humanity ever since The Jetsons aired in 1962. Lights that know when you walk in, thermostats that learn your schedule, speakers that answer to your every word…

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Federal News Network ☛ Seven fired EPA employees sue agency over their terminations

    The new lawsuits follow other pending legal challenges against EPA, related to a June 2025 “declaration of dissent” signed by hundreds of agency workers.

  • New York Times ☛ Aid Workers in Venezuela Fear Disease Outbreaks After Twin Quakes

    Health care workers worry that illnesses like cholera could spread in areas where clean water was already in short supply, and last week’s earthquakes destroyed water systems.

  • New York Times ☛ Tom Kean, New Jersey Congressman, Says Depression Led to Long Absence

    After months of mystery, the New Jersey representative broke his silence about the undisclosed health issue that prompted his 117-day absence.

  • American Oversight ☛ American Oversight Launches Investigation Amid Questions About Convicted Felon’s Health

    We’re seeking White House Medical Unit records following Convicted Felon’s latest trip to Walter Reed and concerns raised by numerous medical experts.

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico’s Health Ministry plans to eliminate transmission of HIV by 2030

    Mexico has the tools it needs: free testing, free treatment and free pre- and post-exposure prophylactic drugs, to be combined with strengthened detection and education strategies.

  • Latvia ☛ Latvia's hospitals feel the heat

    The hot weather, which many people enjoy, has unfortunately caused health problems for children, seniors, and those suffering from chronic illnesses. Some people suffering from dehydration have also been admitted to hospitals, Latvian Television reported on June 30.

  • Latvia ☛ State to cover some pharmacist service fees in Latvia

    Starting July 1, 2026, residents will no longer have to pay the pharmacist’s service fee when purchasing prescription medications that cost no more than 10 euros per package – the state will cover it, according to a release by the Ministry of Health.

  • Latvia ☛ Children in Latvia get salmonella after eating raw instant noodles

    Four elementary school-aged children fell ill with salmonellosis in April and May after consuming “Reeva” instant noodles in their dry, uncooked form, according to the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC).

  • The Straits Times ☛ Coffee shop owner in South Korea loses franchise after accusing worker of stealing 3 drinks

    The worker had also been subjected to workplace bullying and unpaid wages.

• Proprietary / SaaS

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Microsoft's flagship backdoored Windows PC lineup will drop reportedly drop budget options — firm prunes Surface Go and Surface Laptop Go

    Microsoft is further pruning its Surface line, with the Surface Laptop Go 3 and Surface Go 4 going out of stock without clear follow-ups.

  • So-Called 'Artificial Intelligence' ('AI') / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • Futurism ☛ Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from Hey Hi (AI) Psychosis, Experts Argue

      "It really seems like anyone with some renders and a white paper written by someone being gassed up by an overly agreeable Hey Hi (AI) can get VC funding these days."

    • Futurism ☛ Brown University Professor Horrified to Discover Largest Hey Hi (AI) Cheating Scandal in Ivy League History

      "The empirical evidence of fraud is overwhelming."

    • Qt ☛ Introducing the Coco MCP Server Preview [Ed: Qt peddling slop again]

      Generating tests is one of the most common practical use cases for Hey Hi (AI) coding agents. However, without runtime code coverage data, an Hey Hi (AI) coding agent reasoning about test gaps must statically analyze source files and test files to infer what is likely covered. This is unreliable: the agent cannot distinguish between a function that is called indirectly through several layers and one that is never reached, nor can it detect dead code reliably. 

    • It's FOSS ☛ Lumo 2.0: Proton's Private Alternative to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot and Claude Just Got Better

      The Lumo 2.0 Max model reportedly feels just as sharp as the latest offerings from Proprietary Chaffbot Company and Anthropic.

  • Social Control Media

    • JURIST ☛ Australia moves to strengthen under-16 social control media ban amid evidence of enforcement concerns

      Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday that his government was introducing legislation to strengthen the country’s ban on social control media accounts for children under 16. Albanese praised the ban’s success, stating that it has led to the deletion of over five million social control media accounts for children under 16.

  • Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ Windows Defender 'BlueHammer' vulnerability now exploited as part of malware campaigns — CISA issues warning despite patch release on April 14

      Windows Defender "BlueHammer" vulnerability now exploited as part of malware campaigns — event demonstrates lack of security awareness despite existence of patches

• Security

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • Latvia ☛ Damaged cable leaves patients without meds in Latvia

      A cable break should not halt medication dispensing, notes the cybersecurity institution "Cert.lv" in its analysis of the "e-health" system outage that occurred over the weekend, Latvian Television reported on June 29.

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Security Week ☛ Supreme Court Rules Constitutional Privacy Protections Apply to Cellphone Users’ Location History

      The ruling was made in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant.

  • Confidentiality

    • Security Week ☛ Aflac Japan Data Breach Impacts 4.38 Million

      Hackers accessed the insurance giant’s policyholder portal multiple times between June 15 and June 25.

• Defence/Aggression

  • France24 ☛ Thousands march in South Africa demanding departure of undocumented foreigners

    In tonight's edition, South Africa's Day of anti-Immigration marches set as a deadline  by organizers is thankfully a far more calm affair than many had feared. Also, rescue services in Ghana are still racing  to manage  severe flooding that has cost at least a dozen lives. And at Kenya’s largest mental health hospital, patients encounter a different kind of therapy: a personal grooming session provided by two visiting barbers.

  • Site36 ☛ Fatal police shooting: German Court of Justice dismisses appeal against all accused officers in Mouhamed Dramé case

    Germany’s Federal Court of Justice has thrown out the appeal against the acquittal of all five police officers charged over the fatal shooting of Mouhamed Dramé in Dortmund. His brothers call the ruling “shocking”. Now they fear deportation to Senegal.

  • New York Times ☛ Venezuela’s Maduro Accused in Lawsuit of Authorizing Police Killings

    Five families whose loved ones were killed during a deadly police campaign have sued the former Venezuelan leader in U.S. court in Brooklyn.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Pakistan military says it intercepted 4 drones from Afghanistan

    The Taliban had earlier vowed a response to deadly Pakistani airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan in late June.

  • New Yorker ☛ An Ecuadorian Fishing Boat Disappears Amid Convicted Felon’s Strikes in the Pacific

    The President claims to be targeting vessels involved in drug trafficking. Were the fishermen who went missing with the Fiorella collateral damage?

  • New York Times ☛ China Increases Military and Economic Pressure on Japan

    Beijing’s moves have included flying bombers near Japan, detaining businesspeople and restricting the exports of rare earths.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Keep out of China’s clutches, Taiwan’s president tells military cadets

    Taiwan has reported an increased number of ​Chinese espionage cases, especially in the armed forces.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China conducts patrols around Scarborough Shoal in disputed South China Sea

    The June 30 patrols come after joint US-Philippine drills in waters near Scarborough Shoal over the weekend.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China, EU turn to dialogue in pragmatic bid to manage deepening tensions

    Both sides agreed to establish a new trade and investment consultation mechanism.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China appoints new civil affairs ministry party chief

    Li Changguan has been appointed party chief of China's civil affairs ministry, the ministry's website showed on Tuesday.

  • The Straits Times ☛ North Korea’s Kim vows to deepen ties with China in message to Xi

    He described recent summit talks with President Pooh-tin Jinping in Pyongyang as a “historic occasion”.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China says it is not the ‘root cause’ of the EU’s troubles following talks

    China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the country is not the “root cause” of issues facing the European Union’s economy, following talks in Brussels aimed at avoiding a damaging trade war.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s new ethnic unity law legalising cultural ‘erasure,’ Tibetan and Uyghur minorities warn at UN

    By Nina Larson Tibetan and Uyghur representatives urged countries at a United Nations meeting last week to pressure China to repeal a new law they say is aimed at erasing minority communities.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • LRT ☛ Why Lithuania’s China reset may be harder than for other countries

      Lithuania’s political leadership wants to normalise relations with China within the next six months, setting an ambitious goal for Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys. But experts say that, judging by how other countries have repaired damaged ties with Beijing, the timeline may prove unrealistic.

    • New York Times ☛ Putin Faces Increased Pressure as Moscow Is Again Attacked by Drones

      The Russian authorities said 419 drones were shot down across Russia, including in the capital, and in Crimea.

    • France24 ☛ 'Putin doesn't care about Russians' quality of life', expert says as pessimism reaches 20-yr high

      Russians are more pessimistic ⁠about the state of ​their economy than at any time in the past 20 years, and a majority say ​living standards are worsening, a Gallup survey published on Tuesday shows. But, according to Konstantin Sonin, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at University of Chicago, this does not represent a tipping point for Vladimir Putin as "Putin doesn't care much about the quality of living of Russians".

    • European Commission ☛ Commission disburses €3.9 billion for drones under the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan

      The European Commission begins disbursement today of €3.9 billion as the first payment under the first tranche of around €6 billion dedicated to drone procurement, a key capability enabling Ukraine to withstand Russia's war of aggression.

    • Latvia ☛ Inna from Odesa can tell you all about Rīga

      Inna from Odesa planned to work as a doctor in Latvia, as she has extensive work experience in Ukrainian medical institutions. However, due to bureaucracy, it didn't work out. As a result, she radically changed her profession. She studied to become a tour guide, because history is her hobby, and now that's what she does, based in Ventspils with her family.

    • New York Times ☛ The Prom Went On in Kyiv, but Masha’s Date Danced Alone

      Masha Polska, 15, was an avid dancer who had been dreaming of a star turn in the group waltz. That was not to be.

    • CS Monitor ☛ Ukraine has brought the (drone) war to Russia. But it may prolong the fighting.

      Ukraine has been taking the fight into Russia in recent months with waves of drone attacks. The Russian public isn’t responding as Kyiv might hope.

    • France24 ☛ Manhunt launched after Monaco blast targets Ukrainian-born oligarch

      Police in Monaco and France were searching for a suspected bomber on Tuesday after three people were wounded by an explosion in the wealthy principality which two sources said ​was an attack ‌on a Ukrainian-born oligarch. The suspect is believed to have fled on foot ⁠to France, Monaco prosecutor Stephane Thibault said, after the attack on Monday evening involving a parcel bomb. FRANCE 24's Rachel Griffiths reports.

    • The Strategist ☛ Better to use (and lose) robots than soldiers: Ukraine’s UGV drive

      In fighting an asymmetric war against a much larger adversary, Ukraine has sought to leverage technology wherever possible. First came the proliferation of first-person-view (FPV) drones across the battlefield.

    • Latvia ☛ Latvian citizen handed prison sentence for spying for Russia

      A Latvian citizen has been sentenced to 5 years and 6 months in prison for spying on behalf of the Russian military intelligence service (GRU), as well as one year and eight months of probation, the prosecutor’s office reported on June 30.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Russia urges Pakistan, Afghanistan to use diplomacy to solve disputes

      Russia's Foreign Ministry urged Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday to use diplomacy to resolve their longstanding differences.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania to send border guards to Latvia amid migration pressure from Belarus

      Nine Lithuanian border guards will deploy to Latvia in July to help secure the frontier with Belarus, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) announced on Tuesday.

• Environment

  • New York Times ☛ Record-Breaking Heat Wave Expected to Hit New York City Ahead of July 4 Weekend

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order that aims to protect people who work outdoors. Temperatures this week could exceed 100 degrees.

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Futurism ☛ Venture Capitalists Disgusted by Solar Power Because It’s Generating Too Much Clean Electricity to Be Grossly Profitable

      How can they print more money if electricity prices are so affordable?

    • Joey Hess ☛ Joey Hess: big loads offgrid with a small battery (sidelined)

      No matter that the hype cycle wants you to think, the renewable energy transition is the biggest thing happening in tech and it's happening faster and faster. Despite being neck deep in it personally with offgrid solar projects, most recently solar hot water, increasingly it becomes clear I'm watching from the sidelines.

• Finance

  • The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia court postpones decision on prosecution’s appeal against ex-minister Syed Saddiq’s graft acquittal

    The court postponed the proceedings to July 13.

  • New York Times ☛ Judges Strike Down Convicted Felon Rule on Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants

    Two federal courts have blocked a new Convicted Felon administration rule that could have narrowed eligibility for a student loan forgiveness program for public servants.

  • The Straits Times ☛ World Bank to phase out lending to China by 2031, source says

    The move reflects the country’s rise to become the world’s second-largest economy.

  • New York Times ☛ Supreme Court Lifts Spending Limits on Political Parties and Candidates

    Republicans had asked the court to strike down restrictions on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.

  • JURIST ☛ Supreme Court strikes down caps on political party spending with candidates in 6-3 ruling

    The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with their candidates, ruling 6-3 that the restrictions violate the First Amendment‘s free speech protections.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Philippines sets record pay hike for Manila workers on inflation

    Over 1.1 million minimum wage earners in Manila will receive pay hike of 85 pesos (S$1.79) a day.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • France24 ☛ US Supreme Court lifts campaign spending restrictions ahead of midterms

    The US Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted restrictions on the amount of money political parties can spend in coordination with individual candidates, in a case that could impact November's midterm elections. The conservative-dominated top court ruled 6-3 that the limits on coordinated campaign spending violate the First Amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees free speech rights. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley explains.

  • European Commission ☛ Closing keynote speech by Commissioner Kubilius at the Conference on the future of the UK-EU relationship

    I am honoured that you asked me to deliver the closing keynote at this important conference.

  • ACLU ☛ Supreme Court Rules to Protect Birthright Citizenship in Landmark Case

    The Supreme Court ruling held that President The Insurrectionist’s effort to get rid of birthright citizenship violated the constitution and federal law.

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • France24 ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man mocked for posting 'tacky' Hey Hi (AI) golden eagle on White House balcony

      Ahead of America's 250th anniversary, The Insurrectionist shared what appears to be an AI-generated image of a giant golden eagle mounted on the White House's Truman Balcony. Surveillance Giant Google detected a SynthID watermark, while photos taken after the post showed no eagle in place. Reposted by official White House accounts, the image sparked widespread mockery online, with critics calling it "tacky" and "cheap" and pointing out the White House isn't 250 years old.

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • BIA Net ☛ LGBTI+ rights group's Instagram account banned as censorship continues during Pride Month

    Kaos GL and several Pride accounts have been made invisible in Turkey.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong 47: Former Democratic Party chair released from prison after serving time over landmark nat. sec case

    Wu Chi-wai, an ex-lawmaker and former chair of the now-defunct Democratic Party, has been released from prison after serving almost four and a half years for his conviction in the city’s largest national security case. Wu arrived at Fung Tak Estate in Diamond Hill on Tuesday morning by car.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong activist Jimmy Sham questioned for over 20 hours at Japan airport due to nat. sec conviction

    Jimmy Sham, one of the activists convicted in Hong Kong’s largest national security law, was held for over 20 hours of questioning at a Japan airport during a trip earlier this month.

  • JURIST ☛ Rights watchdog warns Hong Kong governance restructure tightens social control

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Monday that Beijing has restructured Hong Kong’s governance in a way that reduces accountability and tightens social control. The new system answers to the Chinese Communist Party leadership rather than Hong Kong’s people, and builds on the existing “draconian” national security regime.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Press Gazette ☛ Court sets precedent on source protection in Westgaph-Mill Media case

    County Court claim left Mill Media with more than £75,000 incurred costs.

• Civil Rights / Policing / Accessibility

  • New York Times ☛ The Supreme Court Gets Birthright Citizenship Right

    The Constitution is clear. People who are born in this country and subject to its laws are citizens.

  • New York Times ☛ Supreme Court Allows States to Bar Transgender Athletes From Girls’ Sports

    The court’s decision involving laws from West Virginia and Idaho has implications for 25 other states with similar restrictions on transgender female athletes joining women’s sports teams.

  • Edri

    • EDRI ☛ re:publica Vienna

      The first re:publica Vienna brings Europe's leading festival for digital society, politics, technology, and culture to Austria.

    • EDRI ☛ Bitkom Privacy Conference (#pco26)

      The Bitkom Privacy Conference brings together leading privacy experts from supervisory authorities, companies, academia, and start-ups to discuss current regulatory developments and strategic perspectives for a future-proof approach to data protection.

    • EDRI ☛ Brussels Privacy Symposium 2026

      Marking its 10th anniversary edition, the Brussels Privacy Symposium celebrates a decade of examining, unpacking, and driving substantive data protection scholarship and thought leadership.

    • EDRI ☛ re:publica x New Fall Festival

      On 9 and 10 October 2026, re:publica x New Fall Festival will transform the NRW-Forum and the Ehrenhof in Düsseldorf into a place for exchange about the digital society, politics, media, culture, and innovation.

    • EDRI ☛ 40th Chaos Communication Congress (40C3)

      Between Christmas and New Year's Eve, the Chaos Computer Club hosts its annual Chaos Communication Congress, a Europe-wide renowned gathering attracting more than 17,000 participants annually.

    • EDRI ☛ IGF 2026 – Internet Governance Forum

      The 21st annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, marking the first gathering of the global multistakeholder community since the UN General Assembly's decision to establish the IGF as a permanent UN forum.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Internet Society ☛ NDSS Symposium 2027 Heads to Seoul: Expanding Global Collaboration in Cybersecurity Research

    We are pleased to announce that NDSS Symposium 2027 will take place in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 22–26 March 2027.

  • New York Times ☛ Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Other Old Internet Brands, Is Going Public

    Bending Spoons, an Italian company that buys aging internet companies, is going public this week at a potential value of $19 billion.

  • Michael Geist ☛ The Two Weeks That Reshaped Canada’s Digital Policy

    It started with an unexpected early-morning announcement on June 3, 2026, from Marc Miller, the Minister of Identity and Culture. Mr. Miller said that the government planned to direct the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canada’s broadcast regulator, to review its two-week-old decision that imposed hundreds of millions in new investment requirements on internet streaming services.

• Monopolies/Monopsonies

  • France24 ☛ UK government likely to challenge Paramount takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery

    The British government says it could step in to challenge Paramount Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. French inflation slowed to just 1.8% in June year on year, down from 2.4% in May. And, more than a million undocumented people in Spain apply to obtain legal status as part of an economic bet that immigration is what's keeping the country's growth alive.

  • Patents

    • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Locked In at the Lectern: How the Federal Circuit Uses Oral Argument

      In 2007, Federal Circuit judges almost never quoted oral argument. Today they do so 143 times a year. Nearly half are concessions.

  • Copyrights

    • Digital Music News ☛ Google Doubles Down on ‘Fair Use’ Hey Hi (AI) Training, Stressing That ‘Outputs’ Not ‘Inputs’ Are Where Enforcement Should Be Focusing

      Google publishes a paper outlining its proposed two-pronged approach to Hey Hi (AI) governance in the United States, doubling down on ‘fair use’ Hey Hi (AI) training. Late last week, Surveillance Giant Google published a policy paper outlining a proposed approach to Hey Hi (AI) regulation in the United States that separates oversight of widely deployed Hey Hi (AI) applications from pioneering Hey Hi (AI) models.

    • Creative Commons ☛ Inside the CC Founders Fireside Chat

      Twenty-five years ago, a small group of people made a bet. They believed that if you gave creators a simple set of tools and licenses in language that a lawyer, a machine, and a human could all read, millions of people might choose to share their work with the world instead of locking it down.
      

    • LWN ☛ Creative Commons founders' fireside chat (Creative Commons blog)

      Dee Harris has published a summary of the recent "fireside chat" featuring Creative Commons founders Hal Abelson, Lawrence (Larry) Lessig, Molly Van Houweling, and Glenn Otis Brown. The chat was to mark the 25th anniversary of Creative Commons and included a look back at its history as well as a look at the landscape today: [...]

    • Public Domain Review ☛ Diagrams for Travel from the Qanoon-e-Islam (1832)

      Diagrams from a lost Urdu manuscript illustrating the propitious days and directions for travel.

    • Digital Music News ☛ Sony Music and Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment Beat ‘Alien Superstar’ Sample Suit — The ‘Plaintiff Lacks Standing to Prosecute This Case’

      A federal court has tossed an infringement lawsuit filed against Sony Music, Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment, and others over an allegedly unauthorized sample in 2022’s “Alien Superstar.” Judge Mark Scarsi just recently dismissed the copyright monopoly and breach of contract complaint for lack of standing.

    • Digital Music News ☛ Australian Music Industry Stands United Against Unauthorized Hey Hi (AI) Training with Open Letter

      Australia’s music and creative organizations have issued an open letter urging the government to enforce Australia’s copyright monopoly laws and protect creators in the face of AI.