Daily Archives: 2025-05-12

US, China agree to roll back tariffs – but only for 90 days

Source: The Register

Article note: Oh good, sanity has prevailed before things got _really_ bad, and all we got was a market crash, a massive weakening of US foreign interests by damaging the dollar as a reserve currency, and a few weeks of crony capitalism exception/extortion shenanigans. I suppose now Donnie Dipshit is going to announce what a brilliant and powerful negotiator he is and the cult members will believe him.

IT projects may remain in limbo due to deal being far from final, but markets are up, so Trump'll declare a win

world war fee  The impending disaster of trade-freezing tariffs on Chinese imports to the US has been averted, but like a Chinese cargo ship anchored off the coast of California, it's not gone entirely.…

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US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was fired

Source: The Register

Article note: I'm very much a copyright minimalist, I think the terms should be shorter and private use exceptions broader... and even I think the mass infringement of recent works for commercial use by the AI douches is gross.

Some see an action to benefit Elon. The White House sees an agency obsessed with DEI

The head of the US Copyright Office has reportedly been fired, the day after agency concluded that builders of AI models use of copyrighted material went beyond existing doctrines of fair use.…

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