Tate goes first: no more copyright claims on 2D public domain images, no more inappropriate Creative Commons licences. That's good. Who's next?

Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience in Animal Crossing: New Horizons a thread

A defence has been filed in the Getty Images v Stability AI case in the High Court of England and Wales. The defence is complex and merits a blog post, but here are a few highlights. drive.google.com/file/d/1HIS9jM…

one of my earliest pieces—about gender, satire, and power ✨

There is still time to enter the poster competition at this year’s annual conference - entries close 3 June. Details in the attached and meanwhile visit this link for more details on the conference - 27-28 June, Lincoln’s Inn, London qmul.ac.uk/ccls/events/up…

Me going through my own notes in my manuscript

The problem for the 2025 edition of the Oxford IP Moot relates to registered trade marks, including the role and content of blurring and tarnishment as trade mark harms. The problem and rules will be released soon. For more information, go to law.ox.ac.uk/Oxford-IP-Moot.

My heart is not a mirror To reflect what others will My heart is not a stone It cannot be rolled My heart is not a mat It cannot be folded away 我心匪鑑 不可以茹 我心匪石 不可轉也 我心匪席 不可卷也 from Book of Songs (c. 600 BCE), t. Arthur Waley #everynightapoem

what’s the best author’s note you’ve seen in a fanfic?

Queen Mary Law Journal (QMLJ) invites submissions for its 2025 issue on Inclusivity in the Law. Topics include gender, IP, digital inclusivity, and legal reforms. 📅 Deadline: 31 March 2025 📩 Submit to: [email protected] 🛜Website: qmul.ac.uk/law/research/j…

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Katherine Rundell; libraries are astonishing

Every month on @WomensArt1 is #WomensHistoryMonth 💙

As someone who has done a fair share of archival work, I’m fascinated by how certain advocates for artificial intelligence are that the entirety of the world’s knowledge will one day be accessible to computers.

Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani dedicates his 2020 book to his trail-blazing son Zohran Mamdani. He quotes Lu Xun's famous concluding lines: 「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」-魯迅，故鄉 I wrote about it here. substack.com/home/post/p-16… #everynightapoem

#OTD in 1931, landscape gardener Henry F. Bosenberg received U.S. plant patent No. 1 for a climbing rose with ever-blooming properties that he called “The New Dawn.” The U.S. Patent Office began granting plant patents  as a result of the Plant Patent Act of 1930.

Want your article published in the SEP? We are currently accepting submissions on the following topics: - Why everyone except me misunderstands Kant -Advanced strategies in B2B financing -Best ways to cook eggs Good luck!!

Han Kang, the celebrated South Korean author and our 2024 literature laureate, explores the themes that shaped her novel ‘The Vegetarian’ in her Nobel Prize lecture: “While writing my third novel, 'The Vegetarian', from 2003 to 2005, I was staying with some painful questions:

The Wayback Machine is vital to preserving history. Why is this happening now when they’ve known about AI scraping for years? And how in the hell can they justify blocking the Wayback Machine while continuing to use it for their work.