Copyright registration is a very imperfect weapon for fighting the battle against the broligarchs. Especially with it being costly and cumbersome. But it's the weapon we have & it's *conceptually* the right weapon. (I would like to see reform, but make it *harder* to infringe, not easier).8/n

"Alsup gave the parties a Sept. 15 deadline to submit a final list of works, which currently stands around 465,000."Ok WTH is this? They cannot POSSIBLY have an accurate list. There were 7M pirated works. I know my own works and even *I've* had a hard time figure out which meet the criteria.BIG NEWS: Judge rejects the AI class action settlement...https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v6hkwlrkoi34v4zsanhwft2d/post/3lyegvw5lvk2n

@dalias this seems to separate the two"Judge Alsup certified the class only for piracy, not the act of AI training, and as such the fair use ruling on training applies only with respect to the three named plaintiffs, not the certified class authors and publishers. "https://authorsguild.org/news/what-authors-need-to-know-about-the-anthropic-settlement/

great piece with lots of data showing the clear divides"Republicans will keep claiming their states are better. But their residents keep dying younger, earning less, and learning less while having their most fundamental freedoms stripped away...This is a feature, not a bug for Republicans."https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/red-states-less-freedom-more-poverty