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Fighting for the Rights of . . . Antarctica?

Environmentalism is growing increasingly irrational. Advocates are now pushing to give rights to a continent

Policy-makers should pass laws declaring that only humans and our associations are entitled to rights and standing in courts.

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Will Colorado Allow Elephants to Sue?

The Nonhuman Rights Project wants to become the guardian of five elephants at the Colorado Springs zoo and take control of their care

The zoo, where the elephants have lived for years, has a sterling reputation but the advocates believe that they know better what elephants would want.

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Scales of Justice in the dark Court Hall. Law concept of Judiciary, Jurisprudence and Justice. Copy space. Based on Generative AI

Jason Allen’s Battle With AI Copyright Law

There is no doubt that this commitment warrants a copyright. Allen used Midjourney as a tool and not as the source of his creativity.

The only solution I can see to the AI copyright problem is to verify that numerous highly detailed prompts were used to create an image.

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Jack Phillips Wins the ‘Cake-Baking’ Case

. . . but not on the merits, unfortunately. His legal troubles may not be over

What the country really needs is a strong Supreme Court decision unequivocally reinvigorating the free-exercise clause by overturning Employment Division v Smith

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California Censorship Law Loses First Round in Legal Battle

Court zeroes in to protect First Amendment rights to vigorous political speech and expression

Unless deepfake technology is outlawed wholesale, the collection of piecemeal laws and regulations aiming to fix this or that problem will grow without limit.

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Exploring AI voice deepfake technology with visual representation of voice waves in a digital context

California: The New “Deepfakes” Ban Violates the First Amendment!

Outrage over the AI-generated imitations of Kamala Harris’s voice distracts from the issues around the state’s power grab over media

AB 2839 targets political speech, the most protected form of expression under the First Amendment. There are 7 meritorious challenges

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In Canada? Don’t Say You Don’t Feel Well…

In his new book, Historian Richard Weikart discussed the rampant and rapid growth of euthanasia in the Western world

Weikart: The circle of people deemed eligible for euthanasia or assisted suicide keeps widening, because a culture of death will tend to spread…

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Delaware Governor Vetoes Assisted Suicide Legalization

Both a Democrat and a Republican governor have vetoed the practice. Opposition to the practice is culturally and religiously diverse

The longer the euthanasia movement is held at bay, the more likely that America can avoid becoming a culture of death like that in Canada.

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Universal Infant Genetic Screening Pushed in Science Journal

It’s hard to opt out of a procedure that you don’t know is going to be performed. Think of the eugenic possibilities!

And imagine the mischief when eventually everyone’s genome — which should be private — becomes identifiable and hackable.

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Google Decision Challenges Trillion-Dollar Internet Gatekeeper

How one company cornered the market for the human mind

The judge ruled that Google operates unlawfully: It effectively excludes competitors while its prices and services are unresponsive to consumer market demands.

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Interpol Crackdown: Have You Been Scammed on Social Media Too?

Some details of the law enforcement release hint at the intimate reach of international online crime as well as its broad scope

It’s not that you’re naive. Rather, it is much easier than it used to be to fake up all kinds of things using social media — much easier than hacking computers.

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New Pre-Crime Laws: Real-Life “Minority Report” Coming to Canada?

Americans should NOT assume that “It can’t happen here.” The First Amendment is a constitutional tool, not a magic talisman. It can be undermined

Canadian media that accept Trudeau’s handouts must please the regime more than inform the public. Indies are under heavy fire.

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Earth Mother International day illustration 3d concept of gaia made with Generative AI

Harvard Law to Teach Rights of Nature

People think that such a whacky idea will never gain traction. But the nature-rights movement is making great headway

If the law grants geological features, viruses, and pond scum “rights,” our economies and human exceptionalism will be the victims.

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EU’s Massive New AI Law Won’t Stop Worst-Case Systems

The Act is drafted using legal language that confers broad additional power to governments

At minimum, the AI Act serves humanity by identifying the many ways AI endangers fundamental human rights as well as human peace and prosperity.

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U.S. Sues the Big Apple (the Tech One)

Apple claims the suit sets dangerous federal precedent

Apple has promised to fight the lawsuit, which may be the most aggressive it has yet to face.

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Are IVF Human Embryos “Children”? A Recent Court Decision

Neurologist Steven Novella claims that the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that they are “children” under the law “essentially referenced god”

The ruling not only did not reference God, it was meticulously based on precedent. So those who seek to remove protection from IVF embryos must lobby for that.

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Money making machine printing fake counterfeit dollar bills. Generative AI.

If Information Is Wealth, Are Deepfakes a Form of Counterfeiting?

The current tech media overdose on panic over deepfakes. They could be drowning out practical ways of fighting back

To whatever extent digital information is a form of wealth, its digital producers must always fight counterfeiters — just as currency issuers must do.

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Creative Idea with Brain and Light Bulb Illustration, with Generative AI Technology

Robert J. Marks on the Copyright Lawsuits Against the Chatbots

Essentially, the salad of material that the chatbot produces for users contains thousands of ingredients lifted without compensation from copyright holders

Writing at NewsMax, Marx assesses the lawsuits and concludes that there is no free lunch. If generative AI must pay creators, users will probably also pay too.

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