AAP | All statements are my own and not attributable to any current or previous employers. www.illusionofmore.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3mgug4j3jzc2m@copyrightalliance.org CEO @keithkup.bsky.social responds to the faux public advocacy in the opposition to the "Stealing Isn't Innovation" campaign. https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/03/11/response-opposition-stealing-isnt-innovation-campaign/12 Mar 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgug4j3jzc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3me7fgo7lsk2ghttps://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/99650-publishers-strike-back-against-google-in-infringement-suit.html06 Feb 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7fgo7lsk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m7zn3jq5h226"I don’t know how many headlines I’ve read, including quotes by lawmakers in both parties, articulating some variation on the theme that 'we should not make the mistake with AI that we made with social media.'" https://illusionofmore.com/big-tech-gets-ai-executive-order-for-christmas/15 Dec 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7zn3jq5h226https://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m6ucbhswkc2phttps://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/29/australia/australia-social-media-ban-intl-hnk-dst30 Nov 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ucbhswkc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m5wgg7f6ck24"The question is not whether AI companies can innovate. The question is whether that innovation requires erasing the rights of everyone whose work makes that innovation possible." https://www.copyhype.com/2025/11/copyright-competition-and-ai-training/18 Nov 2025 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wgg7f6ck24https://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m5ajv2vhss2h"What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/federal-judge-resignation-trump/684845/?gift=HmU43RTpPPco_vIatyspoInL-f9CNNraB6vlFUK9P3E&fbclid=IwY2xjawN-JChleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe8Inwp3x4urzAwPAdDTAlpmIcgMIV63JTV2rbyxT6GiArjxvUK3DxHlB0Phs_aem_T-CVJN8ZMr03aX9h95zASQ10 Nov 2025 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ajv2vhss2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m57xx3jw3c2h"... the human authorship doctrine, which Thaler seeks to erase, is not a philosophy unique to the views of Director Perlmutter..." https://illusionofmore.com/thaler-asks-the-court-to-make-copyright-policy/09 Nov 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57xx3jw3c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m55f5ozmuk2kIn light of Big Tech's legacy of disdain for human rights and human dignity, it may be fair to wonder whether chatbot-assisted suicide is not seen by developers as a feature rather than a bug. When does this end? https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/us/openai-chatgpt-suicide-lawsuit-invs-vis08 Nov 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55f5ozmuk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m52654a2qk2uhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3x71pv1qno?fbclid=IwY2xjawN60QZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5UzlOOHZLcjdmMWJacjJXc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvqUMIL6PPx-ZyWu_WWRuFo4jjMDJ9K9EFCRVKqYk3zV-q6PkVjHWp6Jvo_8_aem_-g_zsVw6GJKogEmU8QnAPg07 Nov 2025 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52654a2qk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m4fysm5jpc2k"If the Supreme Court agrees to review the case, I hope it will not be distracted by the selection and arrangement of precedent employed in the sleight of hand at work in Thaler’s arguments—all true out of context, all fatal in context." https://illusionofmore.com/dr-thaler-asks-scotus-to-decide-the-gai-authorship-question/30 Oct 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4fysm5jpc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m4bgslsu7c2rThat word "democratization" should be rejected by anyone who cares about democracy. https://illusionofmore.com/rescuing-democracy-from-democratization/28 Oct 2025 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bgslsu7c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m4axhpn5fk2y"...we confront an authoritarianism that we recognize from history paired with a threat of technological feudalism that is unprecedented." https://illusionofmore.com/rescuing-democracy-from-democratization/28 Oct 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4axhpn5fk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m46hdhkvf22s"We don't need to guess what happens without meaningful oversight. We're living with the consequences right now. The question is what we do differently this time. Real accountability should mean independent safety testing before deployment.." https://www.digitalcitizensalliance.org/news/press-releases-2025/when-move-fast-and-break-things-breaks-people-what-social-media-s-reckoning-teaches-us-about-ai/27 Oct 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46hdhkvf22shttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m3dghgbsxk2cLimiting constraints in the creative process has its pros and cons. https://illusionofmore.com/on-ai-removing-creative-constraints/16 Oct 2025 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dghgbsxk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m3cuu2rpus2q"... GAI...reframes the question of what it means to create works of expression in the first place. And this includes the question as to whether removing “constraints” is either conducive or harmful to the creative process." https://illusionofmore.com/on-ai-removing-creative-constraints/16 Oct 2025 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cuu2rpus2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m36457wx6225#Photographers, We're hosting a free #copyrirght webinar for members of Photographic Society of America. Tomorrow 6p ET. Join us! psaphotoworldwide.org/Login.aspx14 Oct 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36457wx6225https://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m2wnuh2yzc2qAs tragic cases like Garcia v. Companion AI and Raine v. Open AI proceed, expect to see the defendants argue the speech right to avoid liability. Some discussion... https://illusionofmore.com/are-ai-outputs-protected-speech/11 Oct 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2wnuh2yzc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m2wgfdpnpk2qKid Rock. Fashion critic. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Oct 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2wgfdpnpk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m2wewhjhhs2q"But Sam is post-rights. The question is: if he’s post creative rights, can we honestly believe he isn’t effectively post other kinds of rights?" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/10/sam-altman-copyright-ai-sora-2-video-generator?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other11 Oct 2025 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2wewhjhhs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m2otvscw6c2m"Many arguments advocating the view that AI training does not conflict with copyright rights share a common fallacy, namely that AI outputs represent “competitive” works that copyright law was intended to promote." https://illusionofmore.com/ai-works-do-not-compete-with-works-of-authorship/08 Oct 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2otvscw6c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3m2kiial3gc2cRightsClick, Inc is looking forward to hosting this webinar for members of the Photographic Society of America. lnkd.in/e_k37iZn06 Oct 2025 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kiial3gc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidnewhoff.bsky.social/post/3lzyid6wxak2d"Simply put, if development of AI severely degrades the incentive of people to create new works, then both the creative economy and the AI models will collapse." https://illusionofmore.com/sound-ai-policy-demands-protecting-diverse-expression/29 Sep 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:moi7gsrg4e6wtfeoyijszcoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyid6wxak2d