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Coverage of algorithmic accountability, AI litigation, IP and copyright fights over training data, and the global patchwork of tech regulation — distilled from primary sources into operator-grade briefings.
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The ESA Thinks Your Kid's Minecraft Server Is Piracy
Game publishers want to kill your games when they're done with them. A California bill tried to stop them. The industry's lobby just told a lie so big it might backfire.
The Lawsuit That Cost Nintendo Millions to Win Nothing
Nintendo's patent war against Palworld is ending not with a bang, but with a rounding error. A smart patching strategy and weak patents neutered the threat.
Google's AI Now Comes With Its Own Legal Liability
A German court ruled that Google's AI Overviews are its own words, making the company liable for their falsehoods. This isn't a bug; it's a fundamental threat to the new AI-powered search model.
The NYT Says Microsoft Built a Copyright-Infringement Machine
The Gray Lady isn't just suing OpenAI for scraping articles. The new claim is that Microsoft built a bespoke supercomputer specifically to steal them. The trillion-dollar question is whether the courts will agree.