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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is why Eric—who has been covering this issue for a good while now—tags all scraping posts as “Trespass to Chattels.” In the last couple of weeks, Microsoft updated its general terms of use to prohibit scraping, harvesting, or similar extraction methods of its AI services.

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Ghostwriter in the Machine: Copyright Implications for AI-Generated Imitations

IP Tech Blog

It appears that the beat and lyrics (sung with an AI trained on Drake) were original to Ghostwriter977, but the songwriter inadvertently left in a small snippet of copyrighted music belonging to UMG in the form of a “producer tag.” So, copyright is not well suited to protecting one’s voice “generally.”

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50 Different Ways to Use A Trademark

Erik K Pelton

This is based on one of my favorite blog posts from many years ago, which is based on one of the great classic rock songs by Paul Simon, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. On media kits; on folders; in brochures; on travel bag tags. I’ve got 50 Ways to Use Your Trademark.

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Hello, You’ve Been Referred Here Because You’re Wrong About Web Scraping Laws (Guest Blog Post, Part 2 of 2)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

One US court, the Ninth Circuit specifically, recently said, “when a computer network generally permits public access to its data, a user’s accessing that publicly available data will not constitute access without authorization under the CFAA.” You just add a “noindex” meta tag or header in an http response. hiQ Labs II at 40.

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Spotlight on Commerce: Thomas Choi, International Program Specialist, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP)

U.S. Department of Commerce

Bureaus and Offices Office of the General Counsel Tags Spotlight on Commerce note: This post is part of the Spotlight on Commerce series highlighting the contributions of Department of Commerce employees during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

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Do You Know How the Cookies Crumble? Your Duty in Protecting E-Commerce Consumers’ Data Privacy

McBayer IP Blog

With every passing day, people and businesses are more reliant on e-commerce and the internet in general, and, at the same time, people and businesses are more sophisticated about privacy issues. More > Tags: cookies , data privacy , data protection , e-commerce , Intellectual Property , online privacy , privacy law.

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Black History Month: Forging a Path for Others to Come

U.S. Department of Commerce

candidate to be Secretary General of the World Customs Organization. This blog post is part of a series showcasing the diverse African American leaders from across the U.S. Bureaus and Offices International Trade Administration Tags African American History Month Department of Commerce in honor of Black History Month.