Daily Tech News 29 June 2022

• Ugly monkey JPEG company Yuga Labs has sued "conceptual artist" Ryder Ripps for - and I quote - false designation of origin, false advertising, cybersquatting, trademark infringement, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, conversion, and tortious interference for copying its ugly monkey JPEGs. (The Verge)
  
  Ripps responded:

  Ripps (who has also sold original NFTs) described his work as a twist on appropriation art, exploring "the power of NFTs to change meaning, establish provenance, and evade censorship." He's run similar projects before, including selling a slightly modified version of a CryptoPunk designed to poke fun at the series. "The lawsuit grossly mischaracterizes the RR/BAYC project," he said in a statement on Twitter, asserting that buyers were explicitly informed they weren't buying an official Bored Ape.

  This is a clear admission of copyright infringement and Yuga Labs would win this one in a walk except that, um, nowhere in that litany of offences to they mention copyright infringement.
  
  But calling it RR/BAYC is likely enough the land him in hot water. If I called my company IBM (NA) with the fine print saying *not actually I doubt the judge would be too impressed either.

• Cephalopod molluscs have civil rights in Britain, but not AI. (BBC News)
  
  But what about digital bivalves? Won't somebody think of the electronic oysters?
  
  
  
• Raccoon Stealer is here to steal your raccoons. (Bleeping Computer)
  
  And passwords. Mostly passwords, to be honest.
  
  
  
• Apple claims that it blocks or limits third-party software to protect you, the customer. Are they telling the truth? No. Of course not. How long have you been reading these posts?
  
  

  Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security AND NOT because it's protecting its 70b of AppStore Revenue or 15b of Google Search Revenue in Safari.
  
  The CMA says the ban not only doesn't protect security it could make it worse!
  
  🧵 Lets dig in... pic.twitter.com/LL9TZaVsQz

  — Open Web Advocacy (@OpenWebAdvocacy) June 27, 2022

  
  
  Apple blocks or limits third party software because (chorus) fuck you, that's why (/chorus).
  
  

  But the statistics paint a different picture. Out of each of the three major browser engines, Safari has had the had highest number of Browser Code Execution Vulnerabilities. pic.twitter.com/nVAk9zzfYk

  — Open Web Advocacy (@OpenWebAdvocacy) June 27, 2022

  
  
  
  
• It's always worse than you think. (Imperfectionist)
  
  Right up until you're dead, at which point expectations and reality precisely coincide.
  
  
  

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