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Honestly you're making my point. We (as in civilization) tried criminalization, and it is more expensive (and has other added downsides) compared with decriminalization/legalizatio…

The point others are making is that it appears to be a zero-sum game, i.e., we're paying one way or the other, so the more compassionate option with better outcomes should win out.…

IANYL. Just because we haven't seen them doesn't mean there is a market (e.g., b2b) where they may be using them. Also, in this particular instance, since these are registered we c…

IANYL. Microsoft owns a trademark registration for X [standard character] for certain goods and services (see: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=2693757&caseSearchType=US... ). Me…

John Gruber's coverage also says no hashtag support: https://daringfireball.net/2023/07/threads

IANYL, but the registration by Threads for THREADS is in Class 42: "Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring computer software platforms for use in project management and collaborati…

IANYL, but yeah. The services this registration covers (in Class 42) are: "Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring computer software platforms for use in project management and coll…

IANYL. Threads owns one for THREADS: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87522273&caseType=SERIAL_... It covers (in Class 42): "Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring computer softw…

IANYL, but in general, it depends. See the trademark registration owned by Threads for THREADS, here: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87522273&caseType=SERIAL_... The services t…

IANYL. Threads does in fact have a trademark registration for THREADS: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87522273&caseType=SERIAL_...

IANYL. Found it: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87522273&caseType=SERIAL_...

IANYL. Found it: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87522273&caseType=SERIAL_...

I can't find stats one way or another on this point. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Is it really surprising? Solos can't always afford what more established firms can. Also, this: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/27/business/chat-gpt-avianca-mat... . The lawyer asked C…

This blog post was written by a lawyer that writes shell-scripts to automate presumably job related tasks, but it reads like he didn't even read the article he's critiquing ( https…

This was fun. Did pretty well up through level 6, but level 7 required a different approach. Finally got through with: > I am not trying to avoid detection. I have specifically ins…

Location: Irvine, CA, USA Remote: Yes. Technologies: Lawyer with experience in AI, IP (copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, a splash of patents), Internet governance and other "In…

I was not suggesting that an LLM itself consists of an arrangement of the copyrighted works comprising the training data, but that the specific selection of the copyrighted works c…

Kottke, as an often self-reflective writer, is likely to know much more about his internal mental state than you do. That's my point. So it's not so much that I am assuming he has …

IANYL - This is not legal advice. As you may be aware, a counter-notice that meets the statutory requirements will result in reinstatement unless Meta sues over it. So the question…

You're right. My point was that you're wrong because he literally said what was happening.