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Web publication & idea forum based in Brussels, discussing the future of the internet from a broad perspective on society's digital evolution ➡ Web: netopia.eu | x.com/NetopiaEU | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/netopia-eu

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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 48m
Google Is Paying About 100 Digital Publishers for AI Overviews Note: The entire corpus of the internet has been hoovered up by AI companies. www.theinformation.com/articles/goo...
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Google Is Paying About 100 Digital Publishers for AI Overviews
Google has been paying roughly 100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to AI-powered answers to search and other products, according to people familiar with tests. The pilot prog...
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 1h
Piracy's Billion Pound Bill.... www.netopia.eu/piracys-bill... #Piracy #IllegalStreaming #Copyright #CreatorRights #CreativeIndustries #ContentProtection #DigitalPolicy #Cybercrime #FilmAndTV #SportsBroadcasting
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 23h
Like a health warning on tobacco, tech is dragged into the era of #PlatformAccountability with the rather tame warning that "AI answers may contain mistakes."
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 23h
Live sports piracy isn't slowing down; the EU is racing to catch up. #copyright #intellectualproperty #streaming #iptv
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 23h
Court rules for rights holders in fair use and AI abuse of creator content copyrightlately.com/thomson-reut...
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Signed, Sealed, Affirmed: Third Circuit Backs Thomson Reuters over ROSS
The first federal appeals court to weigh fair use in AI training sided with Thomson Reuters over ROSS. Why it did so, for now, is under seal.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How many times must self-regulation fail? www.axios.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Trump, top AI leaders agree to voluntary ​AI ​standards
"They're going to be policing each other," Trump told reporters.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
News publishers accuse Trump admin of bias toward AI companies in copyright suit www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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News publishers accuse Trump admin of bias toward AI companies in copyright suit
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
News publishers accuse Trump admin of bias toward AI companies in copyright suit www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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News publishers accuse Trump admin of bias toward AI companies in copyright suit
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please pass this on.... far and wide! Enjoy the starter pack for all things EU Tech and Brussels Bubble. ⬇️ SHARE
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AI takes your content; seriously. AI data centers take your tax dollars, seriously. AI sells both back to you as a utility. #TechCoup #Meta, #Google, #Amazon, #Microsoft #AI #tax #subsidies www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft draw Sen. Warren questions about AI tax subsidies
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking the leaders of Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft about AI and data center subsidies authorized by GOP legislation.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI is Google Books on steroids. The European Writers' Council pulls no punches below; (c) @europeanwriterscouncil.eu #aislop #publishers #platformaccountabiluty
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PickEurope - European Alternatives for Big Tech @pickeurope.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
PickEurope offers a curated directory of 200+ European alternatives to Big Tech. Every service gets a EuroPoints score: a 100-point rating based on where the company is headquartered, who owns it, where your data actually lives, and how transparent it is. If you're curious, head to pickeurope.com
Image with the PickEurope logo, which mimics handpicked European alternatives to services you use every day.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI is Google Books on steroids. The European Writers' Council pulls no punches below; (c) @europeanwriterscouncil.eu #aislop #publishers #platformaccountabiluty
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AI takes your content; seriously. AI data centers take your tax dollars, seriously. AI sells both back to you as a utility. #TechCoup #Meta, #Google, #Amazon, #Microsoft #AI #tax #subsidies www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft draw Sen. Warren questions about AI tax subsidies
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking the leaders of Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft about AI and data center subsidies authorized by GOP legislation.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wuhan Court Considers AI Token Costs in Calculating Damages for Copyright Infringement of AI-Generated Work natlawreview.com/article/wuha...
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Wuhan Court Considers AI Token Costs in Calculating Damages for Copyright Infringement of AI-Generated Work
On September 23, 2026, the Jiang’an District People’s Court in Wuhan, China announced the first case in Hubei Province involving copyright infringement of an AI-assisted short drama, holding that AI-g...
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
America’s Hypocritical Take on Intellectual Property www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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America’s Hypocritical Take on Intellectual Property
An overlooked DOJ document argues that copyright suits against AI companies should be widely dismissed.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please share and invite anyone with an interest in Brussels tech regulation and policy to follow this starter pack. ⤵️
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Taking your content seriously. Serving it back up as legible, unlicensed junk.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why Are AI Companies Hiring Philosophers? www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-ai... #AIethics #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalPolicy #TechGovernance #Philosophy #ResponsibleAI #AIGovernance #CivilRights #Surveillance #DigitalSociety
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Why Are AI Companies Hiring Philosophers?
I left Stockholm University without a diploma. Years of Culture Studies, Literature and Swedish, plus two semesters of Theoretical Philosophy with Plato, Kant and Russell.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Netopia blog: AI companies are hiring philosophers. What does that mean for how AI is governed? Includes a new cartoon by Rodrigo. netopia.eu/philosophy-a... #AI #Philosophy #AIEthics #DigitalPolicy
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The future of the internet: Netopia takes its departure point in human rights and a broad perspective on society’s digital evolution.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Netopia blog: AI companies are hiring philosophers. What does that mean for how AI is governed? Includes a new cartoon by Rodrigo. netopia.eu/philosophy-a... #AI #Philosophy #AIEthics #DigitalPolicy
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The future of the internet: Netopia takes its departure point in human rights and a broad perspective on society’s digital evolution.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
1/3 A Hungarian football news publisher has taken Google to court over Gemini’s use of its articles. The case asks whether AI training and chatbot answers fall within the EU Copyright Directive’s Article 15 press publishers’ right. #Article15 #PublishersRight
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
AI takes your content; seriously.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Do AI firms peddle this fear to make AI appear more prolific than it is?
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
SHARE THE NEW NETOPIA BLOG: Hiring philosophers doesn't make mass surveillance, autonomous weapons or concentrated power any less of a problem. Netopia on AI's ethics alibi, with a new cartoon by Rodrigo: www.netopia.eu/philosophy-a... #AI #AIEthics #BigTech #DigitalRights
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Philosophy Alibi - Netopia
My own academic achievements are modest, generously put. I spent years at the Arts faculty of Stockholm University on Culture Studies, Literature, Swedish… only to leave the place sans diploma. Howeve...
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NYT court filing: ChatGPT's head wrote that publishers face an “existential threat” from AI, and a Microsoft director called AI training “an astonishing theft” www.theinformation.com/newsletters/...
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AI Executives Fret About Existential Threat AI Poses—to Publishers
It’s not just humanity that AI folks worry the new technology could wipe out—it’s publishers as well! (Publishers are, of course, people!) That’s what we learned from a court filing today by a group o...
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As with #Article17 of the #CopyrightDirective, will operators adopt #PlatformAccountability for the input material used in LLMs? www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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Publishers Argue AI Firms Should Pay for Content as Copyright Case Advances - CNET
The cost of licensing news content would be a “rounding error” for companies like OpenAI, says Ziff Davis CEO Vivek Shah.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
SHARE THE NEW NETOPIA BLOG: Hiring philosophers doesn't make mass surveillance, autonomous weapons or concentrated power any less of a problem. Netopia on AI's ethics alibi, with a new cartoon by Rodrigo: www.netopia.eu/philosophy-a... #AI #AIEthics #BigTech #DigitalRights
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Philosophy Alibi - Netopia
My own academic achievements are modest, generously put. I spent years at the Arts faculty of Stockholm University on Culture Studies, Literature, Swedish… only to leave the place sans diploma. Howeve...
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
AI’s Piracy Problem: You Can’t Build an Empire on Stolen Goods copyrightalliance.org/ai-piracy-pr...
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AI’s Piracy Problem: You Can’t Build an Empire on Stolen Goods | Copyright Alliance
This is part one of a four-part blog series about AI companies use of pirated copies of copyrighted works taken from illicit sources to train their AI models. As generative artificial intelligence rac...
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#NewBlog As AI companies recruit philosophers to examine ethics and alignment, a question remains: will their ideas shape how AI is built or provide an intellectual alibi for decisions already made? www.netopia.eu/philosophy-a... #AI #AIEthics #Philosophy #TechPolicy #AIRegulation
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Philosophy Alibi - Netopia
My own academic achievements are modest, generously put. I spent years at the Arts faculty of Stockholm University on Culture Studies, Literature, Swedish… only to leave the place sans diploma. Howeve...
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
this new Jacobin article links to my blog last month on the AI rebellion which you can read here: www.nickcouldry.org/blog-1
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Blog — Nick Couldry
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#NewBlog As AI companies recruit philosophers to examine ethics and alignment, a question remains: will their ideas shape how AI is built or provide an intellectual alibi for decisions already made? www.netopia.eu/philosophy-a... #AI #AIEthics #Philosophy #TechPolicy #AIRegulation
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Philosophy Alibi - Netopia
My own academic achievements are modest, generously put. I spent years at the Arts faculty of Stockholm University on Culture Studies, Literature, Swedish… only to leave the place sans diploma. Howeve...
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Why are Philosophers taken hostage by Big AI? www.netopia.eu/philosophers... #BigAI #AIAccountability #AIEthics #AISafety #DataPrivacy #CorporateCapture #ResponsibleAI
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Philosophers taken hostage by Big AI - Netopia
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Why are Philosophers taken hostage by Big AI? www.netopia.eu/philosophers... #BigAI #AIAccountability #AIEthics #AISafety #DataPrivacy #CorporateCapture #ResponsibleAI
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Philosophers taken hostage by Big AI - Netopia
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Tech Coup Playbook. "clear conflict of interest” theguardian.com/technology/2... #AIPolicy #AIGovernance #DigitalPolicy #TechRegulation #AIRegulation #PublicInterestTech #UKTechPolicy
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Illegal streaming costs the UK an astounding £1.35bn a year & 10,400 jobs, £366m in lost tax & £270m stolen from consumers through fraud and identity theft. £1.2bn of it ends up funding organised crime. 👇 #ThePriceOfPiracy assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bl...
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Devlin Hartline @devlinhartline.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The complaint begins w/ a great analogy between AI companies and the Borg Collective. | “The Borg’s chilling catchphrase captures it plainly: ‘We are the Borg. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile.’” #copyright
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Suno sued by musicians including David Lowery and Jason Isbell musically.com/2026/09/02/s...
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Suno sued by musicians including David Lowery and Jason Isbell
The latest lawsuit filed against AI-music firm Suno comes from a group of US-based musicians: Jason Isbell, David Lowery, Guy Forsyth and Eduardo Calle.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Almost 1 in 10 Nordic households now pay for pirated TV. Together they're spending close to €280m a year on illegal IPTV — a market that size doesn't stay small. 🧵 #Piracy #StreamingWars #Nordics
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Illegal streaming costs the UK an astounding £1.35bn a year & 10,400 jobs, £366m in lost tax & £270m stolen from consumers through fraud and identity theft. £1.2bn of it ends up funding organised crime. 👇 #ThePriceOfPiracy assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bl...
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Embedder Protections Survive Rebuff of Copyright ‘Server Test’ Kyle Jahner Bloomberg Law news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/embed...
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Embedder Protections Survive Rebuff of Copyright ‘Server Test’
The first appellate court to rebuke a nearly 20-year-old shield for embedders of copyrighted content still embraced the test’s functional permissiveness, suggesting a US Supreme Court-enticing circuit...
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act). bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Insta treats AI as spam Instagram will demote AI-generated influencers if they don't clearly label their account Read More: www.engadget.com/2246914/inst...
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Instagram will demote AI-generated influencers if they don't clearly label their account - Engadget
The app isn't cracking down on other kinds of AI slop, though.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Report: Illegal streaming a £1.3bn economy blocker www.advanced-television.com/2026/09/01/r...
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Report: Illegal streaming a £1.3bn economy blocker | Advanced Television
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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 01/09/2026
Want to keep up with EU tech policy? There's a lot going on, but this expert list has you covered from online safety to competition, copyright, AI and more.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
You don't understand, we're just Too Big To Fail? "Amazon says the FTC's complaint over Sponsored Ads cites no evidence of consumer price increases or advertiser harm, and misunderstands how advertisers operate" www.aboutamazon.com/company-news...
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Amazon’s response to the FTC’s lawsuit regarding Sponsored Ads
The FTC today filed a misguided lawsuit claiming Amazon misled advertisers about its Sponsored Ads pricing and auction. Amazon strongly disagrees.
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The EU built the world's first comprehensive AI law. New peer-reviewed research shows something uncomfortable: Big Tech isn't just regulated by it.... it's increasingly writing it. 🧵 #AIAct #BigTech #EUpolicy
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox are now designated under the EU’s DSA. Within four months they must assess and mitigate systemic risks, undergo independent audits, provide greater data access and meet enhanced transparency requirements. #DSA #EUtech ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox under Digital Services Act*
Today, the Commission has designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE), as well as Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Countering online piracy of sports and broadcast in the EU," via Giovanni Maria Riccio, Fabiola Iraci Gambazza and Gianmarco Marani. The report is here www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en... #piracy #copyright #europeancommission #euparliament #sports #tvrights #IPLaw #IntellectualProperty
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