Michael Weinberg
@michaelweinberg.org
Exec Dir @nyuengelberg.org, Board Member @oshwassociation.bsky.social, Formerly GC @ Shapeways & many things @publicknowledge.bsky.social
NYC/Berlin
NYC/Berlin
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👁️ 👁️ Performers, choreographers, playwrights, musicians, designers, technicians! Lend me your eyeballs! 👁️ 👁️
There are only two weeks left to take the *Impacts of AI on the Performing Arts Survey*!
Read all about it in the link below, take the survey, and please SHARE WIDELY with your colleagues.
There are only two weeks left to take the *Impacts of AI on the Performing Arts Survey*!
Read all about it in the link below, take the survey, and please SHARE WIDELY with your colleagues.
GenAI Usage in the Performing Arts
survey.alchemer.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
👁️ 👁️ Performers, choreographers, playwrights, musicians, designers, technicians! Lend me your eyeballs! 👁️ 👁️
There are only two weeks left to take the *Impacts of AI on the Performing Arts Survey*!
Read all about it in the link below, take the survey, and please SHARE WIDELY with your colleagues.
There are only two weeks left to take the *Impacts of AI on the Performing Arts Survey*!
Read all about it in the link below, take the survey, and please SHARE WIDELY with your colleagues.
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After two years of working closely with the Open Healthware community we are proud to launch the Open Healthware Certification process! This certification compliments our base process with a specialized look at source for open hardware health projects.
Read more: oshwa.org/announcement...
Read more: oshwa.org/announcement...
September 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
After two years of working closely with the Open Healthware community we are proud to launch the Open Healthware Certification process! This certification compliments our base process with a specialized look at source for open hardware health projects.
Read more: oshwa.org/announcement...
Read more: oshwa.org/announcement...
@nyuengelberg.org & the GLAM-E Lab is hiring a 6 month Editor and Community Liaison Lead to launch our AI and GLAM Coordination Initiative:
www.nyuengelberg.org/news/job-pos...
Help us disseminate information within the community about how open collections can respond to AI bots
www.nyuengelberg.org/news/job-pos...
Help us disseminate information within the community about how open collections can respond to AI bots
Job Posting: Editor and Community Liaison Lead - AI and GLAM Coordination Initiative
www.nyuengelberg.org
September 14, 2026 at 12:56 PM
@nyuengelberg.org & the GLAM-E Lab is hiring a 6 month Editor and Community Liaison Lead to launch our AI and GLAM Coordination Initiative:
www.nyuengelberg.org/news/job-pos...
Help us disseminate information within the community about how open collections can respond to AI bots
www.nyuengelberg.org/news/job-pos...
Help us disseminate information within the community about how open collections can respond to AI bots
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Stop what you are doing and look at this amazing ad from the 1906 Upington Brooklyn City Directory!
Nothing screams "all kinds of legitimate detective work undertaken" more than a floating, radiant, disembodied eye.
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Nothing screams "all kinds of legitimate detective work undertaken" more than a floating, radiant, disembodied eye.
📜📚
September 12, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Stop what you are doing and look at this amazing ad from the 1906 Upington Brooklyn City Directory!
Nothing screams "all kinds of legitimate detective work undertaken" more than a floating, radiant, disembodied eye.
📜📚
Nothing screams "all kinds of legitimate detective work undertaken" more than a floating, radiant, disembodied eye.
📜📚
While I am sure they are just as horrible as their competitors, in a world of hack-for-hire companies with ridiculous h4x0r/fantasy novel-inspired names, I appreciate the work that "Sunkissed Organic Farms" is doing to stand out
www.techdirt.com/2026/09/10/l...
www.techdirt.com/2026/09/10/l...
September 11, 2026 at 11:12 AM
While I am sure they are just as horrible as their competitors, in a world of hack-for-hire companies with ridiculous h4x0r/fantasy novel-inspired names, I appreciate the work that "Sunkissed Organic Farms" is doing to stand out
www.techdirt.com/2026/09/10/l...
www.techdirt.com/2026/09/10/l...
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Turns out my entire career was prepping to do the legal work for this project and I’m not mad about it. www.wired.com/story/you-ca...
You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V
A new GTA mod lets you smash and shoot Flock’s automatic license plate readers around the fictional Los Santos.
www.wired.com
September 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Turns out my entire career was prepping to do the legal work for this project and I’m not mad about it. www.wired.com/story/you-ca...
I like this idea from @nyuengelberg.org Co-Director Scott Hemphill - if companies are so confident their merger will increase competition, condition approval on shorting their rivals
news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...
news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...
To Save the Paramount–Warner Merger, Make Hollywood Short Itself
Opinion: Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery should be required to take a negative ownership position in their remaining rivals to receive regulatory approval for their merger.
news.bloomberglaw.com
September 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I like this idea from @nyuengelberg.org Co-Director Scott Hemphill - if companies are so confident their merger will increase competition, condition approval on shorting their rivals
news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...
news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...
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Prospective copyright plaintiffs have started asking me my opinion about citing "Alignment Whack-a-Mole" in litigation. It reports that fine-tuning makes frontier LLMs reproduce up to 85-90% of copyrighted books.
I don't think the headline results hold up: afedercooper.info/whack-a-mole/
I don't think the headline results hold up: afedercooper.info/whack-a-mole/
Playing Whack-a-Mole with misconceptions about memorization, extraction, and copyright
A response to Alignment Whack-a-Mole: why its headline book-memorization coverage numbers rest on a measurement procedure that can't separate memorization from coincidence or prompt leakage.
afedercooper.info
September 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Prospective copyright plaintiffs have started asking me my opinion about citing "Alignment Whack-a-Mole" in litigation. It reports that fine-tuning makes frontier LLMs reproduce up to 85-90% of copyrighted books.
I don't think the headline results hold up: afedercooper.info/whack-a-mole/
I don't think the headline results hold up: afedercooper.info/whack-a-mole/
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But none of these three panelists mentioned understandable reasons for people to be wary of biometric authentication: the ability of governments, especially the Trump administration, to abuse this data, combined with the lack of a federal privacy law in the US.
September 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
But none of these three panelists mentioned understandable reasons for people to be wary of biometric authentication: the ability of governments, especially the Trump administration, to abuse this data, combined with the lack of a federal privacy law in the US.
Not smart to understand how NY state CLE requirements, which currently have me listening to a podcast about investigating truck accidents in Georgia, materially improve either my ability to be a lawyer or society more broadly
September 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Not smart to understand how NY state CLE requirements, which currently have me listening to a podcast about investigating truck accidents in Georgia, materially improve either my ability to be a lawyer or society more broadly
having claude configure a new remote server while I bake cookies comes with a modest increase in the risk of a horribly configured server and a significant increase in the chance I eat some cookies
August 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
having claude configure a new remote server while I bake cookies comes with a modest increase in the risk of a horribly configured server and a significant increase in the chance I eat some cookies
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As we close out our Pose grant we want to thank our community for all of the hard work and incredible connections made during the last two years. You can now certify your healthware device at Healthware.oshwa.org. Don't forget to stay in touch!
August 28, 2026 at 12:24 AM
As we close out our Pose grant we want to thank our community for all of the hard work and incredible connections made during the last two years. You can now certify your healthware device at Healthware.oshwa.org. Don't forget to stay in touch!
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There are very few specific objects (especially 1-of-1 devices) I can think of that have a specific tie-in to open culture and open knowledge in the way this one does. Amazing find.
Ok I can share—today MSLIS student Nadja Robot donated a teletype machine to @skeuomorphpress.org’s Undead Media Lab
But this is not just any teletype—it’s the one Michael S. Hart used to digitize the Declaration of Independence & Alice in Wonderland—the 1st texts in what became Project Gutenberg
But this is not just any teletype—it’s the one Michael S. Hart used to digitize the Declaration of Independence & Alice in Wonderland—the 1st texts in what became Project Gutenberg
August 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
There are very few specific objects (especially 1-of-1 devices) I can think of that have a specific tie-in to open culture and open knowledge in the way this one does. Amazing find.
this is actually a pretty easy-to-understand way to answer the question "what do lawyers really do all day?"
Daphne has been deep diving the Meta settlement. This is wild.
OMG someone in the AGs' offices has to formally define what cosmetic changes to the face can be achieved using normal makeup, versus the changes solely achievable with surgery or "extreme makeup techniques" and SEND PICTURES to Meta.
August 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
this is actually a pretty easy-to-understand way to answer the question "what do lawyers really do all day?"
certifying open hardware as part of the @oshwassociation.bsky.social Open Hardware Certification program just opened a dangerously deep rabbit hole around reusing weather balloon monitoring hardware
github.com/Bertruss/Bal...
github.com/Bertruss/Bal...
GitHub - Bertruss/Balloon-Jockey: Design artifacts of a programming clip to ease functional re-use of GRAW DFM-17 Radiosondes by providing an easily attachable SWD port breakout, providing clear label...
Design artifacts of a programming clip to ease functional re-use of GRAW DFM-17 Radiosondes by providing an easily attachable SWD port breakout, providing clear labeling and allowing one to use Dup...
github.com
August 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM
certifying open hardware as part of the @oshwassociation.bsky.social Open Hardware Certification program just opened a dangerously deep rabbit hole around reusing weather balloon monitoring hardware
github.com/Bertruss/Bal...
github.com/Bertruss/Bal...
This set of republishing guidelines is simultaneously reasonable and (at least arguably) in tension with the CC BY-ND license on the content.
Which is much more a commentary on the complexity of real world CC license use than on the guidelines. Scale is hard!
knowablemagazine.org/republish
Which is much more a commentary on the complexity of real world CC license use than on the guidelines. Scale is hard!
knowablemagazine.org/republish
Republishing guidelines
Knowable Magazine explores the real-world significance of scholarly work through a journalistic lens. A digital magazine from Annual Reviews.
knowablemagazine.org
August 26, 2026 at 11:24 AM
This set of republishing guidelines is simultaneously reasonable and (at least arguably) in tension with the CC BY-ND license on the content.
Which is much more a commentary on the complexity of real world CC license use than on the guidelines. Scale is hard!
knowablemagazine.org/republish
Which is much more a commentary on the complexity of real world CC license use than on the guidelines. Scale is hard!
knowablemagazine.org/republish
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Last days to register for GOSH 2026 in Kathmandu🇳🇵! Infos below 👇
The 2026 GOSH Gathering is a little over a month away and there is still time to join us! 🎉
Registration is open to all through Monday, 31 August. View the draft program, find travel information, and register here openhardware.science/gosh-2026-ka...
📅 4–6 October
📍 Kathmandu, Nepal
Registration is open to all through Monday, 31 August. View the draft program, find travel information, and register here openhardware.science/gosh-2026-ka...
📅 4–6 October
📍 Kathmandu, Nepal
August 26, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Last days to register for GOSH 2026 in Kathmandu🇳🇵! Infos below 👇
The new round of "Unlock 3D printers so you can use third party materials to print without violating copyright law" US Copyright Office petitions starts today:
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/08...
#Hashtag1201
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/08...
#Hashtag1201
Keep 3D Printers Unlocked (2026)
I put things here so they are on the internet
michaelweinberg.org
August 24, 2026 at 3:50 PM
The new round of "Unlock 3D printers so you can use third party materials to print without violating copyright law" US Copyright Office petitions starts today:
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/08...
#Hashtag1201
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/08...
#Hashtag1201
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Coming up this Thursday at 1pm EST! Show & Tell Monthly livestream :) This month we'll have COSMIIC and Open Water talking about their work in open source health devices!
Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFok...
Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFok...
August 18, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Coming up this Thursday at 1pm EST! Show & Tell Monthly livestream :) This month we'll have COSMIIC and Open Water talking about their work in open source health devices!
Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFok...
Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFok...
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Is there a jurisdiction fight brewing over AI companies that scrape content globally?
In GEMA v. Suno, a German court said it had jurisdiction to enjoin training *in the US* because of German copyright. @technollama.bsky.social explains here.
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In GEMA v. Suno, a German court said it had jurisdiction to enjoin training *in the US* because of German copyright. @technollama.bsky.social explains here.
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GEMA v Suno: Another landmark AI copyright case from Germany
While a lot of the attention in the AI and copyright space has gone to the hundreds of ongoing cases in the US, courts around the world have been tackling the question of copyright infringement alr…
www.technollama.co.uk
August 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Is there a jurisdiction fight brewing over AI companies that scrape content globally?
In GEMA v. Suno, a German court said it had jurisdiction to enjoin training *in the US* because of German copyright. @technollama.bsky.social explains here.
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In GEMA v. Suno, a German court said it had jurisdiction to enjoin training *in the US* because of German copyright. @technollama.bsky.social explains here.
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This is very cool as a project, and also serves as the reference for "what does a top-tier 3D digitization project look like in 2026?"
Announcing Guildhall 3D, a multidisciplinary project by Cradle of English creating the most complete digital 3D record of City of London's historic Great Hall! 🏛️ Read more in my latest article for The Spatial Heritage Review: nebulousflynn.substack.com/p/announcing...
August 17, 2026 at 9:43 AM
This is very cool as a project, and also serves as the reference for "what does a top-tier 3D digitization project look like in 2026?"
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I wrote up a new post about what AI software finding might mean for the backdoor debate. blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/08/14/e...
Everything is about to “go dark”
I’m coming down from spending a few days at Usenix Security, right here in my hometown of Baltimore. This means that my days have been taken up with two kinds of conversation: first, explaini…
blog.cryptographyengineering.com
August 15, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I wrote up a new post about what AI software finding might mean for the backdoor debate. blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/08/14/e...
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“Copyright is not a collective right to a particular set of market conditions.” recreatecoalition.org/a-note-from-...
A note from Re:Create: A new paper on “market dilution” actually shows why it’s irrelevant to copyright - Re:Create
If you’re following the AI copyright wars (and readers of this blog surely are), you may have run across a recent study purporting to show the impact of authors using AI on the market for self-publish...
recreatecoalition.org
August 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM
“Copyright is not a collective right to a particular set of market conditions.” recreatecoalition.org/a-note-from-...