gedaliyah

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to technology in AI fraud act could outlaw parodies, political cartoons, and more

Frankly, people should be entitled to own their likenesses. I’m not a lawyer, but it seems like the examples they mention in the article; - parody, public figures, film rights, etc. - are already pretty well carved out in the courts.

I can’t just make a biopic about Michael Jackson… I would need rights to the footage and permission from his estate.

I can’t use a photo of Tom Hanks to promote a film he isn’t i, even if I took the photo (and therefore own it). If I don’t sign the release, they have to blur my face in a documentary.

Celebrities already have certain established rights to the use of their likeness, and in this day and age those rights should really extend to everyone.

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to news in Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities

Wow. Today I learned.

gedaliyah OP , 7 months ago to world in Iranian journalists celebrating release from jail charged for not wearing hijab

uh, they’re Iranian. Did you bother to read it?

gedaliyah OP , 7 months ago to news in Iranian journalists released on bail after 17 months in prison for coverage of Mahsa Amini's death

In Iran, it’s a potential death sentence at the hands of the Morality Police for a woman to expose her hair. On top of that, it’s also illegal to report on this fact without being tried in a kangaroo court for sedition.

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to nottheonion in Oklahoma bill would require 'furries' be picked up from school by parents, animal control

My thoughts too!

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to nottheonion in Oklahoma bill would require 'furries' be picked up from school by parents, animal control

So, presumably he’d be okay with the furries if they were fighting each other?

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to mildlyinteresting in Number of natural waterfalls in each state

I’ll stick to the rivers and lakes that I’m used to.

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to news in Man arrested after allegedly planning to bomb Satanic Temple in Salem

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gedaliyah , 7 months ago to showerthoughts in Lemmy is slowly dying while Reddit is thriving

I find that the quality of content is totally different here. The level of engagement is similar for me. Most of my posts and comments get about the same engagement as I saw when I was on Reddit, and often a better quality. There are some niche communities that just don’t exist (yet), and there are some crowdsourced communities that don’t really transfer without huge numbers of people (things like AITA, mildly interesting, oddly satisfying, etc.). I do miss some of those aspects, but the interactions and information here are just better and less troll-y.

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to news in US to relist Yemen's Houthis as specially designated global terrorists, AP sources say

This has been going on for a long time. They have never shied away from attacking their neighbors.

If we don’t begin to wrap our heads around the way that Iran arms and funds terrorist proxy groups as a matter of Foreign Relations policy, then we never have a hope of understanding the path toward peace in the Middle East.

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to nostupidquestions in Will people show off their old computers and phones in say, 30 or 50 years in the future?

You see it with game consoles for sure. People like to play older games on the original hardware.

Computers (PCs) I don’t know about, except for those who have really early machines like Apple 2e

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to news in US to relist Yemen's Houthis as specially designated global terrorists, AP sources say

Considering that they are now bombing civilians and attacking boats it seems like a reasonable move

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to fediverse in Wafrn is a tumblr clone that connects to the fediverse

Mostly cats 😸

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to nostupidquestions in Are humans the only animal that wipes things off?

Like this?

gedaliyah , 7 months ago to fediverse in Wafrn is a tumblr clone that connects to the fediverse

I have to say, I never used Tumblr, but I know that it was suggested as an alternative to either Twitter and/or reddit. How is it different and or similar from microblogging and the threadiverse?