Public Domain

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

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.

The NASA Archive Nobody’s Talking About β€” And Why It’s a Time Machine for Humanity

NASA’s image archive is more than a collection of photos β€” it’s a public memory of humanity extending its senses beyond Earth. Free by law, searchable, spanning from Apollo to Mars rovers, it’s a rare case where state-funded ambition became a global commons. This article explores why that matters and why you should dive in.

LV Won $1.4 Million in Court. It Just Lost China.

LV won a $1.4M lawsuit over a four-petal flower patternβ€”but Chinese netizens proved the design is a 1,500-year-old traditional motif. The legal win exposes a dangerous flaw in global IP: ancient cultural heritage can be privatized by whoever registers first. This isn’t just a brand crisis for LV; it’s a wake-up call for every civilization to protect its own visual history.