We analyze the US Copyright Office’s rationale for not copyrighting works created from the Midjourney text to image generator. Plus we examine Canada’s Bill C-18 that would enact legislation compelling big tech companies to pay news publishers for linking to their stories. And we discuss Towns, a protocol and a web-based chat app designed to facilitate self-owned, self-governed online communities from the person that brought us Meerkat. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSINtbFaB7tFyoOBK576nUVtDAFIYTImUEOA2DOyn7np2ccdjBs30s3-RoblczzE_uZKrTdrir1Faea/pubhtml?gid=1962976154&single=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Show Notes</a>. Become a member at <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="https://plus.acast.com/s/dtns">https://plus.acast.com/s/dtns</a>.
 <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Daily Tech News Show

Prompt and Circumstance - DTNS 4463

Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing.