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Aaron Moss
Personal blog · copyrightlately.comotherculture
Aaron Moss writes Copyright Lately, a personal blog at copyrightlately.com about culture. Since 2021, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Getty Images v. Stability AI – Complaint”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-20, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Aaron Moss's copyright blog, linked for posts on copyright law: Instagram embed lawsuits, the public domain cutoff for works, a tattoo artist's copyright case and Internet Archive litigation. Commenters cite them as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Copyright Lately is a copyright blog written, edited and published by Aaron Moss. That's me. I'm a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp (MSK) in Los Angeles. I specialize in copyright law, trademark, and other intellectual property, media and entertainment litigation matters.
Most-linked posts?
- Getty Images v. Stability AI – Complaint2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-02-04
- Public Domain Day 2023 Is Coming: Here’s What to Know2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-12-17
What Hacker News says?
The copyright implications of displaying Instagram content elsewhere are still unclear. There were many lawsuits over Instagram embeds. https://copyrightlately.com/legal-embed-instagram-photos-web...
Comment linking /legal-embed-instagram-photos-website/
on “XCancel service is suspended until further notice”Submitted Getty Images v. Stability AI – Complaint as a story · 56 points
HN discussion> You are conflating copyright with free expression. No, copyright is a direct infringement on free expression. We've just tolerated it because the trade off was worth it. Not worth it because people would get rich and that was import to us. Worth it because having a chance to make money on a creative work encourages the creation of more creative works and having more creative works was important to us. I'm sure tha…
Comment linking /glossary/public-performance/
on “Supreme Court Sides with Cox in Copyright Fight over Pirated Music”Submitted Miramax, Tarantino and a Fight over Bright Shiny Objects as a story · 39 points
HN discussionIt looks like[0] as of the start of this year, only works made in 1927 or earlier are in the public domain. Copyright terms have regularly been extended by Congress and they are astoundingly long now. [0] https://copyrightlately.com/public-domain-day-2023/
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on “I had no idea that one company basically owns every font”Submitted Tattoo artist's trial win is a loss for bodily autonomy, free speech (2022) as a story · 7 points
HN discussionDirect link: https://copyrightlately.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Getty...
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on “Getty Images v. Stability AI – Complaint”Submitted Public Domain Day 2024 Is Coming: Here's What to Know as a story · 4 points
HN discussionCare to explain? I see that statement in this thread, but I am not sure where this is grounded in fact. This is very interesting, because there must be a line here that AI is crossing, and the line is not clearly determined yet. Is linting code crossing the line? Is re-factoring code with automated tools like bicycle repair man crossing the line ? Is AI doing a code review and suggesting the code crossing the line ?…
Comment linking /thaler-is-dead-ai-copyright-questions/
on “Debian decides not to decide on AI-generated contributions”Submitted Cox vs. Sony Music Comes to Hollywood as a story · 2 points
HN discussionPublishers have come hard on the Internet Archive, and by extension, on libraries that merely loan online copies of books limited to ones that they have bought [0] No use in closing the physical libraries if books are unavailable to "borrow" online. [0] Hachette vs. Internet Archive. A court win against the Internet Archive has publishers celebrating, but what does it mean for the future of public libraries and digi…
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on “Ask HN: Close physical libraries and fund home internet for the poor instead?”Submitted Mondrian Entered the Public Domain. The Estate Disagrees as a story · 2 points
HN discussionEric Goldman didn't bring up the bodily autonomy argument, so here's a different article about it from a different person during earlier stage of the lawsuit: [1][2]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41730465 [2] https://copyrightlately.com/tattoo-artist-trial-victory-copy...
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on “Tattoo Artist Wins Copyright Claim, but Gets Zero Damages–Alexander vs. Take Two”Submitted Fifth Circuit Expands Copyright Termination Beyond U.S. Borders as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Getty Images vs. Stability AI copyright infringement lawsuit as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Little Piggy Went to Trial (and Got Just $200 and No Fees) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Public Domain Day 2026 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Avoid Copyright Infringement When Using AI Art Generators as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted War of the Wordles: did the New York Times go too far? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Public Domain Day 2023 Is Coming: Here’s What to Know as a story · 1 points
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