Brian 🌱

Who’s got a #Miami @Waymo invite code for me, please? 🙏

To get the benefit, put in the work

Noone pitches harder for investors than investors

@Lucky8Token I was hoping for a Juicy investment 🤣

@Zisk Haha. No, I was observing that the Howey Test might not even prevent the exact type of thing it was created to prevent if the digital asset interpretation was significantly more lenient than the dead tree equivalent. Not saying that’s good or bad, but it’s certainly impactful.

@LennyMnemonic @bramcohen We are who we are

@bramcohen Why did you use your real names if you were CYPHERpunks? 🤔

This screen shot is a bit strangely made just for this image). I was barely on cypherpunks (but I was on coderpunks a lot). The names getting blurred out say Bruce Schneier, Eric Hughes, Hall Finney, Ian Gregg, and I'm sure below that.

When will @googlenews show articles from Climate & Capital Media the top Climate news site? Please help @Google @lizgannes @googlenest We’ve submitted through the web form multiple times and never hear back. Cc @climateandcap climateandcapitalmedia.com

It is with a heavy heart that we mourn the passing of the kind, funny and brilliant Keith McMillen keithmcmillen.com/featured/keith…

@jowyang Yes, they have a massive user base

Are you impressed with Apple's AI announcements?

@KCEsq @devlinhartline @internetarchive In this one case, in this one jurisdiction, based on a unique set of facts, to the detriment of humanity

@Zisk @devlinhartline @internetarchive Agreed that is your position and is mine and agreed any determination is very fact specific but we are no longer in the hypothetical realm - it’s been decided.

After the 2nd Circ's opinion today in Hachette v. IA, publishers have more control over the book market than ever before in the history of the world. There is no such thing as a used ebook, or a secondary ebook market. Indeed, there is hardly any such thing as ebook ownership.

@KCEsq @devlinhartline @internetarchive The multitude of situations with widely varying facts makes almost nothing here as clear as anyone would hope 🙂except that I personally believe the @internetarchive is a cultural treasure well worth preserving for the benefit of society & you don’t care if they cease to exist

@Zisk @devlinhartline @internetarchive Ya - are you aware of any circuit split opinions like this that would require another fair use review that wasn’t dealt with by Warhol? I’m not. Seems settled to me.

@KCEsq @devlinhartline @internetarchive That’s why there’s a Supreme Court, to eventually resolve lower court misagreements

@Zisk @devlinhartline @internetarchive too many laws may be the case but this is one of them and IA has been deemed to violate it. It doesn’t go much further than that for me.

@KCEsq @devlinhartline @internetarchive

@Zisk @devlinhartline @internetarchive Ha - fair. I respect you too Brian, and Brandon, otherwise I wouldn’t be asking what you think! Obviously I think they’re infringing, and the court agrees.

@KCEsq @devlinhartline @internetarchive Though as a citizen, I will state my opinion that there are too many laws, and the fact that the @Internetarchive is being attacked based on a recently implemented law is a great example as to why we shouldn’t just pass laws without understanding the downsides

@KCEsq @devlinhartline @internetarchive I have enough respect for you Kevin to know when you are asking for someone to comment on a legal issue which you yourself would recommend a client not discuss, no matter whether they are in the right or not, so I will take your advice and let the experts handle it

@KCEsq @devlinhartline And while our society has evolved so that a lawyer can find some technicality to hang almost anyone on, I look more to what is beneficial for society than just if some technicality may have been crossed, and the @internetarchive is a massive force for good

@KCEsq @devlinhartline While I am not a lawyer “The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day.”

@KCEsq @devlinhartline You missed the part where this is not a court, and I am not a lawyer 🤣

@Zisk @devlinhartline strike for non-responsive.

@KCEsq @devlinhartline And while our society has set it up so that a pissed off lawyer can find some technicality to hang almost anyone on, I look more to what is beneficial for society than if some technicality may have been crossed, and the @internetarchive is a massive force for good

@Zisk @devlinhartline No cmon I conceded your point, try to answer the Qs that Brandon ducked - infringement or no?