Open Internet, web scraping, and AI: the unbreakable link

Last year, a nonprofit internet archival organization, The Internet Archive (IA), lost the first circuit court (Hachette v. Internet Archive) against four major publishers that sued IA for its decision to act as a digital library during the pandemic, lending more than one copy of a book at a single time.

Whether it was an ethical decision and who is right in this battle—publishers, using the existing copyright law provisions to their advantage, or the IA, stating that today’s copyright law is outdated and does not meet the requirements of digital societies—remains to be answered. The IA appealed its loss in the Second Circuit Court, a decision supported by many authors themselves.


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Ardabil to host 2nd festival dedicated to Shahsevan nomads

TEHRAN – The second edition of a tribal festival dedicated to Shahsevan nomads will be held in Ardabil province on April 25 and 26.

The Shahsevan, aka Shahsavan, are a number of Azarbaijani-speaking Turkic groups that live in northwestern Iran, mainly inhabiting the districts of Mughan, Ardabil, Kharaqan, and Khamsa.

The festival is aimed at bringing together thousands of locals and domestic travelers to Jafarabad, which is about 26 km northwest of Bileh Savar county in the Mughan plain.

“Displaying the values of tribal life is one of the goals of organizing this festival….,” the provincial tourism chief said on Saturday.

“Symbolic representation of nomadic migration, everyday life of nomads, tribal wedding ceremonies, setting up tents of different tribes, and holding…


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Bangkok Post – F1 boss meets PM to discuss hosting race

Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China, on April 21, 2024. (Photo: Reuters)
Formula One F1 – Chinese Grand Prix – Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China, on April 21, 2024. (Photo: Reuters)

Formula One (F1) Group CEO Stefano Domenicali has met with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin to discuss the possibility of staging a Grand Prix in Thailand.

Mr Domenicali, who is currently in the country to explore the possibility of holding a Formula…


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Andy Cohen Raves About Mark Consuelos’ Tight T-Shirts While Guest-Hosting ‘Live’ With Kelly Ripa: “I Can See Mark’s Boobs”

Mark Consuelos may have been absent from this morning’s episode of Live with Kelly and Mark, but he and his tight shirts still managed to make their way into Kelly Ripa and guest co-host Andy Cohen‘s host chat.

After Ripa and Consuelos traveled to Tangier, Morocco this weekend for a wedding, the latter flew to Italy to check in on his soccer team, prompting Cohen to step in.

Toward the end of their host chat, Ripa brought up people being bothered by “gym-goers” recording themselves while working out.

“Gym-goers are questioning their filming counterparts online and in person,” she read aloud. “It’s led to some confrontations, people think it’s rude, sometimes people think you are filming them when in fact you are just filming…


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