Pamela Samuelson

Copyright, Internet Law, Privacy, EFF, EPIC, @auths_alliance, BCLT

[Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye]

The 3rd Circuit’s opinion in Thomson-Reuters v. ROSS is now unsealed & available. I’ll have more to say later, but on a first read, I’m unimpressed by the court’s analysis of the copyrightability of TR’s headnotes, although it’s better than Bibas’s below.

[Adam Eisgrau @AdamEisgrau]

The 3d Circs unredacted Opinion in @ThomsonReuters v @RossIntel Opinion's out. The big takeaway in ruling against Ross is it implicitly confirms that highly transformative gen AI training to produce a hugely multi-purpose model with substantial public benefit is likely fair use!🧵

[Kenny Jacoby @kennyjacoby]

NEW: I analyzed seven years of Cornell's sexual violence case data. Expulsions are very rare.

1,216 reports of sexual assault, DV and stalking from 2018-2024.

162 formal investigations.

51 findings of fault.

14 suspensions.

7 expulsions or dismissals. https://t.co/yL3abPPQHr

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Whatever book you pick up, it’s likely to make you feel better—maybe even a whole lot better. “In a secular age, I suspect that reading fiction is one of the few remaining paths to transcendence, that elusive state in which the distance between the self and the universe shrinks,” Ceridwen Dovey writes, in “Can Reading Make You Happier?,” which was published in 2015. Dive into the research behind the therapeutic effect of books: https://t.co/H94aQp3jtK

[Brandon Butler @bc_butler]

If the 3rd Circuit followed Judge Bibas in Ross, then they got a couple of key things very wrong. I wrote about Judge Bibas' terrible district court opinion at the time - published in Law360 but unpaywalled here thanks to their generous author agreement: https://t.co/0MDcwpvw8T

[Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @JudiciaryDems]

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith: I will not be silenced by threats of prosecution from the President. The rule of law will endure. Public servants have remained faithful to their oaths despite extraordinary pressure. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well.

[Wendy Davis @wendyndavis]

3rd Circuit upholds ruling that artificial intelligence company Ross Intelligence infringed copyright by training its legal research service on material it didn't own.

Ruling itself is sealed for now.

prior: https://t.co/BihokcMGch

[Kate Knibbs 🏄🏻‍♀️ @Knibbs]

wow https://t.co/2mphfBcN61

[Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye]

Why the hell is the opinion sealed? https://t.co/Tqn8xZvEW1

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Just weeks before Election Day, Texas Republicans shut down 92 polling locations in Tarrant County.

Now voters will have to struggle with hours-long lines at the polls and chaos leading up to November 3rd.

THIS IS WHAT TO FOCUS ON.
NOT CROWD SIZES.

[Adam Eisgrau @AdamEisgrau]

Their fundamental argument is that the nature of their products is sufficiently different from other publications that their interests and perspectives ought be separately represented and protected. Judge Lee may hear their case with other motions in early January:

[Adam Eisgrau @AdamEisgrau]

The same textbook authors suing @OpenAI, @Microsoft in the SDNY now seek to intervene in In re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation in the NDCA:

[Pamela Samuelson @PamelaSamuelson]

@brianlfrye Jane Ginsburg should do this.

[Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye]

I wonder if Chakrabarty’s co-authors will request the retraction of this paper, or at least remove their names from it, given the obvious undisclosed & incurable conflict of interest? They really should. https://t.co/k3xQHYUC1O

[Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye]

It was bad enough when the paper was just irrelevant nonsense, but this is comical. Academics have a professional obligation to disclose conflicts of interest, especially when they are as glaring as this. Is it game over for the plaintiffs? Maybe.

[LPC @landpalestine]

Stop posting their pics! You will ruin their lives! GOOD!! They ruined a girls life, they should have their pics everywhere!! They belong in jail!!

[Dua @Duakz5q]

The WHOLE FRATĖRNITY got a group text “advertising” exactly what was happening.

NOT ONE MAN IN THAT CORNELL FRATĖRNITY STEPPED IN TO HELP THE VICTIM OR STOP IT.

NOT. A. SINGLE.

[Brandon Butler @bc_butler]

When Chairman Issa's siteblocking bill dropped with a thud last week, Big Content was eerily quiet about it. Turns out it wasn't draconian enough for them - they wanted a bill with even less protection for the public, and here it is: the "DEFEND IP Act." NOPE.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

This is actually against the law.

Not that it matters in 2026.

[The Washington Sun @washingtonsun]

The White House released a second government-sponsored advertisement amid growing bipartisan backlash over the apparent use of taxpayer dollars to fund the spots.
https://t.co/GOBHJ7gGMg