Intellectual Property - Tumblr Posts

Important if you don't want your art stolen by our new robot overlords, sorry - I meant corporate partners.

Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

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We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 

We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.

To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 

For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 

Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.

john cage’s 4’33” is fucking silence

someone put a copyright on the absence of sound

and then disabled the audio of a video

of the absence of sound

what a time to be alive

To all my fellow writers out there, this is some really good stuff. I feel much better after reading it, because this is always a worry in the back of my mind. Thanks for sharing! 💜

Hey, someone reposted the things you do not know: www(.)wattpad(.)com/841597776-exo-imagines-chanyeol-x-reader-1

hi anon. thanks so much for bringing this to my attention. i will be filing a DMCA take down to get this removed. i really appreciate you for taking the time to tell me.

to all my writer friends: 

this wattpad user https://www.wattpad.com/user/vverrkwann has three collections of fanfic regarding EXO, Shinee, and NCT.

@optimizche one of your fics is included in the EXO list under Chanyeol x reader 4. @nunchiwrites hey babes xx your fic has been listed under chanyeol x reader 2. @ninibears-erigom my love :( you have a fic here under kai x reader 2. @mint-yooxgi i know you write for taemin so it might be worthwhile looking at the shinee book.

Really useful resource for emerging museum professionals. 

How-to guides for writing your c.v., cover letters, manuscript proposals, etc. 

Great resource to introduce others to personal intellectual property (IP) rights and for deciphering U.S.A. copyright legislation.

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