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Facebook offered to license its network and code to avoid antitrust action

The Verge

In the wake of the groundbreaking Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Facebook, The Washington Post is reporting new details of the company’s negotiations with regulators in the run-up to the case, including an unusual offer to license its code and network to competitors.

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Analysis: Nobody could dethrone ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ except Wizards of the Coast — and it may have done just that

GeekWire

based Kobold Press has used the Open Game License to publish material for D&D 5th edition, such as 2016’s Tome of Beasts , shown above. 5 leak via io9’s Linda Concerga indicated that Wizards had plans to deauthorize its Open Game License (OGL), a public copyright notice that the company adopted in 2000. Redmond, Wash.-based

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How copyright lawsuits could kill OpenAI

Vox

Advocates of technological innovation would say that AI technology is full of promise and we’d better not stifle that while it’s in the early days of development. The New York Times claims that OpenAI trained its model with copyrighted Times content and did not pay proper licensing fees.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

In space, no-one can cancel your software license NASA is a scientific marvel that does all sorts of cool and inspiring space stuff; it’s also a sprawling government bureaucracy with thousands of employees and computer systems under its umbrella. This turned out not to be true.)

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James Heckman resigns as Maven CEO after tumultuous run leading Sports Illustrated publisher

GeekWire

Heckman will “continue his entrepreneurial role with the company, focusing on key strategic and business development initiatives,” according to a SEC filing. Licensing firm Authentic Brands Group, which bought SI in May 2019 from Meredith, sold the magazine’s print and digital publishing rights to Maven.

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Funding news: Microsoft vets raise $12M for Round; PTO Exchange lands $5M; and more

GeekWire

PupPod , the Seattle startup behind an app-based interactive toy for dogs, landed more cash and signed a licensing agreement with Company of Animals. million from Bell, Evok Innovations, Export Development Canada, Magna, SE Health, Verizon Ventures, and Workday Ventures. Read more in Vancouver Tech Journal.

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The Digital Leap: Mastering ePublishing in the Digital Era

Kitaboo

Other publications such as academic journals, magazines and so on can also be accessed across different computers and mobile devices. A book or journal can be easily published and made available to a person connected to the internet, in any corner of the world. There is a rapidly developing customer base for publishers to tap into.

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