PubTech Good AIs copy, great AIs steal Trying to untangle the copyright status of foundation models. I presented this paper in mid-October 2022 at the annual conference of the Asian Pacific Copyright Association.
PubTech Foundation models and copyright I’ve recently started a newsletter — imaginatively titled AI and Copyright, with the goal of tracking the shifting legal picture around the copyright status of the Foundation Models, including the Large Language Models
Book Fairs Why we should move the Frankfurt Bookfair to Cannes... The trade book industry would benefit from a tighter linkage between the intellectual marketplace for determining quality, the marketplace for media attention, and the marketplace for buying and selling rights.
Book Fairs Blogging the Mauritius Book Fair The 10th Festival du Livres in Mauritius is the only book fair I know that's always held out-of-doors: the weather is so good on this Indian Ocean island (20° S) that the festival is held in tents on the Port Louis waterfront.
PubTech How e-Book DRM could actually be a good thing: alternatives to Adobe, Amazon and Apple How did publishers allow themselves to be at the mercy of the platform players when it comes to ebooks?