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Jan 12 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
What's going on with this class action lawsuit against both Google & YouTube as well as several creators and toy brands?

More importantly, why should you care?

I got you covered... 🧵

#google #youtube #creatoreconomy #creators #privacy #COPPA #FTC Image
A class action was filed in 2019 by a class of children against both Google and YouTube, as well as numerous kids and family media channels, including
Ryan's World,
CookieSwirlC,
Cartoon Network,
Hasbro,
Mattel, Inc.,
DreamWorks Animation, and more.
❓Why❓
The use of "targeted advertising, powered by persistent identifiers, that allowed Google and YouTube to collect data and track the online behavior of children without proper parental consent."
Last month (December 2022), the district court's granting of Google/YouTube's dismissal was overturned by the Ninth Circuit because state-level privacy laws aren't preempted by COPPA.
But, there's so much more that needs to be unpacked about how this impacts creators and brands, which I do for you over on @passnfrt -- passionfru.it/class-action-c…

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Jan 14
🚨 A new class action was filed against @StabilityAI (#StableDiffusion), @midjourney_ai, & @DeviantArt (#DreamUp) on behalf of artists whose works were used to train AI/ML algorithms. 🔥

Here's a breakdown... 🧵

#copyright #ai #ml #artificialintelligence #DMCA #Midjourney Image
The named artists bringing the class action included references to haveibeentrained.com as proof that their works were used for the Stable Diffusion and Midjourney tools.

The complaint dives into how each company developed its specific tool & then offered them to the public. ImageImageImageImage
The complaint dives deep into the details of how Stable Diffusion works. It also highlights how Stability paid LAION ("Large-Scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network") to put together LAION-5B, a dataset of 5.85 billion images.
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Dec 16, 2022
I have some thoughts on a bit of what was shared by Alfred David Steiner in this @NYSBA article exploring #copyright and #NFTs #NFTCollections, specifically those like #BAYC.

Buckle up… 🧵

nysba.org/bored-apes-and…
The article gives 4️⃣ “reasons why a ‘CryptoPunk’ may not merit copyright protection”, each of which I will respond to in order…

Let’s go! 😀
1️⃣ “It lacks a minimum of creative authorship”

🚫 no, there is a human authorship element that is merely assisted by computer software. Also, the underlying assets are also protectable as works eligible for copyright protection.
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Dec 16, 2022
Oh my… @brianlfrye throwing bows and taking us all into a hot debate right now at the @NYSBA web3 event 😂

Broadly claiming “Copyright is irrelevant” 😳 😅
And he keeps throwing 🔥 statements 😂

“You don’t own an NFT, you pwn it”

“It’s all a securities market”
This is fun.. I wish I was attending live
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Dec 2, 2022
Huge news from @discord about the launch of server subscriptions that will impact #creators for a variety of reasons.

Let’s explore! 🧵

#CreatorEconomy #CreatorEconomyLaw #discord #DiscordServer
👉 When an audience becomes a customer, it can dramatically change the relationship. Creators, and their mod teams, need to ensure they understand how to manage customer relations.
This subscription offering may be different to manage than that of other platform subscriptions or purchases, such as on YT or Twitch, and more akin to Patreon.
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Nov 30, 2022
The @FTC is suing @Google and @iHeartMedia after on-air personalities promoted the #Pixel4 phone as if they were owners or users of the phones themselves.

Here’s what’s going on… 🧵

#CreatorEconomy #CreatorEconomyLaw First page of FTC complaintSecond page of FTC complaint
The FTC is pursuing the claims based on activity from October 2019 and 2020 alleging false endorsement claims that constitute unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce in violation of Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
They are joined by state attorneys general from Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas.
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Nov 29, 2022
The #EdSheeran @Pokemon hit “Celestial” is featured in the new game, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet…

but it’s also causing headaches for streamers when their channels get hit with #DMCA notices for #copyright infringement 🧵

#CreatorEconomy #CreatorEconomyLaw
@GameRant reports many streamers are getting hit with DMCA notices for copyright infringement when the hit song pops up in the game.

gamerant.com/pokemon-scarle…
Some game devs now include an option to disable licensed music as a “steam safe” option, but not Pokémon as of yet.
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