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MissConstrue@MissConstrue@mefi.social

Why, I remember when this was all just Arpanet.  I'm over educated, opinionated, and quite possibly wrong about everything. Published author, banned comics publisher, ethicist, cranky old philosopher careered in information architecture. 

AKA:  I contain multitudes. 

Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. Your life matters.

End Colonialism. Free Palestine. Eat the Rich.

Avatar: A crop of  "The Letter" by Delphin Enjolras, against a background of prairie flowers.

Pronouns: She/Her (Crone Extraordinaire)
Would like to hear: Tea's up, love
Current Punk Status: Babylon is burning
Joined: 2026-10-07 03:18:52
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MissConstrue@MissConstrue@mefi.social (2026-10-25 02:13:36)
This slipped past my radar when it happened, but this ruling is a significant sea change in #copyright vs #LLMs training theft. 

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled on September 29, 2026, in Thomson #Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence, that using copyrighted text to train an #AI model does not constitute fair use when the AI product directly competes with the original work. 

For authors and artists who have seen prompts like “in the style of Terry Pratchett, or in the style of David Hockney”, this is an important ruling. All bets are off when it comes to the Supremes though. I guess we need to find out how much Reuters has preemptively paid #GOP whisperers to know if things will go their way. https://www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-of-copyrighted-material-not-fair-use-third-circuit

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MissConstrue@MissConstrue@mefi.social (2026-10-08 05:21:50)
@ben My uncle gave me a collection of inks from when he was in art school in the 70s. They still slosh, so I assume they’re still good. I haven’t gotten the courage to address them yet. 🤣

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MissConstrue@MissConstrue@mefi.social (2026-10-07 01:34:59)
@ben I like this a lot! The texture is so good, and the anticipation of movement is subtle but indisputable. 😍