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Vegar Waage

@waaqe

Lawyer, Copyright/Media/Tech/Telecom. Oslo, Norway.

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Do you still use the claude.md file you shared a while back? Or is all that baked into Superpowers? raw.githubusercontent.com/obra/dotfile...

21.10.2025 07:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Valget er over, men kampen fortsetter. Jeg tror det er spesielt to ting som er viktig fremover: Kampen om hva folk tror er sant og riktig, og arbeid med institusjonsbygging. De henger litt sammen. Velkommen til min rant for Γ₯ fΓ₯ dette ut av hodet:

09.09.2025 08:42 πŸ‘ 150 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 12

Stemmer teller, ressurser avgjΓΈr. NΓ₯ bΓΈr et nytt Storting fort som svint skjerpe reglene for valgkampfinansiering Γ₯ tette hΓΈla slik at ikke styrtrike enkeltpersoner eller andre kan fΓ₯ lov til Γ₯ kjΓΈpe neste valg. De har hatt stor innflytelse denne gangen. Kanskje er det siste sjanse.

09.09.2025 05:34 πŸ‘ 191 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ“£AI propaganda factories🏭 are now operational. My study shows how small, open-weight models can run as fully automatic generators in influence campaigns. mechanising personas, engagement, cadence. Possible for State, non-state, and micro-actors, including and bedroom ones.

29.08.2025 07:04 πŸ‘ 281 πŸ” 151 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 18

Like if you don't think centrists use their own impenetrable jargon that nobody likes then I have a commonsense bipartisan opportunity economy where existential threats to fair trade are a national security threat to sell you

24.08.2025 02:04 πŸ‘ 1705 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 15

Gen AI out here making the case for strong moral rights.

10.08.2025 17:39 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
What’s a technology that you think is overhyped?

I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry.

Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto.

It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.

What’s a technology that you think is overhyped? I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry. Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto. It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

19.02.2025 16:42 πŸ‘ 9719 πŸ” 3163 πŸ’¬ 157 πŸ“Œ 351

OK, gather 'round, kiddies - let's do a "why are lawyers like this" thread.

Specifically, let's do a "why does the simplest software come with mandatory IP licenses that assert claims to all the rights you have in the universe, up to and possibly not excluding in your firstborn offspring.

15.07.2025 05:33 πŸ‘ 753 πŸ” 251 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 69

dude this party is such an echo chamber. it's just friends hanging out and chilling and having a good time. you need to invite some people over who want to kill you with hammers

11.06.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 34060 πŸ” 7876 πŸ’¬ 381 πŸ“Œ 135
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Meta and Russian Yandex engaged in unprecedented internet tracking practices, likely illegal with EU data protection law. localmess.github.io

05.06.2025 09:48 πŸ‘ 232 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 13
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noyb sends Meta 'cease and desist' letter over AI training. European Class Action as potential next step noyb has sent a cease and desist letter to Meta demanding that the company halt its AI plans in the EU

πŸ€– Unless you opt-out by May 27th, #Meta will use your data from Instagram and Facebook for #AI training. noybΒ is now looking into taking legal action.

πŸ™… Here's where you can object:
πŸ”Ή www.facebook.com/help/contact...
πŸ”Ή help.instagram.com/contact/7672...

26.05.2025 06:50 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

As Google integrates AI to deliver information directly in search results, the incentive to create or maintain websites β€” including news platforms β€” is fading. With instant answers, people won’t need to click through. The web will shrink to a few walled garden platforms.

21.05.2025 06:31 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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How Google forced publishers to accept AI scraping as price of appearing in search Court documents reveal Google considered giving publishers AI opt-out and rejected the idea.

How Google forced publishers to accept AI scraping as price of appearing in search

Court documents reveal Google considered giving publishers AI opt-out and rejected the idea pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ho...

12.05.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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10.04.2025 12:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Press release summary of the opinion. Full text in the link

Press release summary of the opinion. Full text in the link

CJEU, freedom of expression

Advocate General's opinion: Hungary breached EU law by cutting opposition radio station out of broadcasting spectrum curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

03.04.2025 08:11 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Β«NΓ₯ lytter verden til Russland igjen. Fra ruinene i Ukraina fΓ₯r jeg lyst til Γ₯ skrikeΒ» - Filter Nyheter Oleksandr Mykhed er en skribent bosatt i Kyiv som har tjenestegjort i forsvaret av Ukraina og tidligere har skrevet boken Β«The Language of WarΒ» om det fΓΈrste Γ₯ret av fullskalainvasjonen. Ordre og utta...

Massakren i Butsja, massegravene i Izium – det er som om disse grusomhetene aldri skjedde. Rett foran ΓΈynene vΓ₯re formes en ny verdensorden der sannhet ikke eksisterer, skriver ukrainske Oleksandr Mykhed.

05.03.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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They even wrote it down.

03.03.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The US blackmailing Europe: particularly revealing the section on β€žfreedom of speechβ€œ. While X suppressed Green and socialdemocratic accounts in the German elections, the US claims that any attempt to create a level playing field for all political opinions will be countered with trade sanctions.

24.02.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thread with results from earlier today. Norway. bsky.app/profile/waaq...

21.01.2025 13:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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21.01.2025 12:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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21.01.2025 11:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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21.01.2025 11:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They couldn't even be bothered to restrict the practice to the US.

21.01.2025 11:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨Breaking news: with the new term, the European Comission increases transparency massively. From now on, more than 1500 officials need to disclose lobby meetings and minutes, 1100 more than before. 10 years ago, we came up with this demand. Now it is reality. Persistence works.

06.12.2024 09:27 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Oslo tingrett - Dom: TOSL-2023-140407 En billedkunstner hadde inngΓ₯tt en rekke kunstavtaler med to forretningsmenn. HovedspΓΈrsmΓ₯let for tingretten var om hovedavtalen mellom partene skulle settes helt eller delvis til side eller endres i ...

Bjarne Melgaard-dommen er nΓ₯ tilgjengelig pΓ₯ @lovdata.bsky.social: lovdata.no/avgjorelse/t...

05.12.2024 08:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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European Copyright Society Opinion on CJEU MIO/konektra cases - Kluwer Copyright Blog Yesterday, the European Copyright Society (ECS) published its Opinion on the CJEU MIO/konektra cases C- 580/23 and C-795/23 (originality and infringement test of works of applied art). Β The Executive ...

European Copyright Society Opinion on CJEU MIO/konektra cases, available now on the Kluwer Copyright Blog

copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/04/e...

04.12.2024 14:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Greek Surveillance Lawsuit Aims to Silence Journalism On December 5, a court in Athens will hear a defamation lawsuit against journalists who exposed state surveillance by Greek authorities. The case fits into the category of cases referred to as β€œstrate...

On 5/12, a court in Athens will hear a defamation lawsuit against journalists who exposed state surveillance by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek authorities. The case, brought by PM’s nephew Grigoris Dimitriadis fits into the category of cases referred to as SLAPPs, writes @evacosse.bsky.social.

www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

04.12.2024 08:58 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It might be easier to use Goodreads to track your reading progress. However, it would only give you the number of pages read, so you’d still need to estimate or calculate the word count yourself.

04.12.2024 09:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0