EU Law – IWENAI

The ‘Human Washing’ Loophole: How AI Is Quietly Stealing the Public Domain

📅 August 21, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

The EU says AI-generated content belongs to the public domain because machines can’t hold copyright. It sounds like a win for humans, but it’s actually a legal giveaway to tech giants. Welcome to the era of ‘human washing,’ where a single edited pixel lets you claim ownership of machine slop, while pure AI outputs remain free for corporations to exploit.

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VPNs Aren’t for Pirates. They’re the Last Line of Defense for the Open Web.

📅 July 21, 2026 📂 Privacy & Security

The EU Court of Justice just ruled that VPNs are ‘lawful technical tools’ in a landmark case about Anne Frank’s diary. But this isn’t just about copyright. It’s a crucial precedent that normalizes VPNs as essential infrastructure, pushing back against the creeping surveillance state and territorial geo-blocks that threaten the open web.