Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thomson Reuters v. Ross (the almost but not quite gen AI case): opinion is now out, and, the panel tells us, this is like any other ordinary copyright case. Naturally then, the dictum reads like this: “This story begins with our country’s founding.” 062
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidDevlin Hartline @devlinhartline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Third Circuit's opinion in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence is now available: www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/252... #copyright #ai #fairuse 096
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidSarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 30/09/2026[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you've never claimed to be the inventor of a new and useful method? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture from a patent with your name on it! [SMITH]: That is a design patent 1263
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidSarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Given the minimal amount of creativity that copyright law requires to register a work, it is essential that at some point...the copyrightable expression and the unprotected material alleged to have been copied are distinguished from each other...." - @zahrsaid.bsky.social, @bruceboyden.bsky.social 153
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026For those following in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, the copyright case with its rehearing before the Ninth Circuit en banc next week, the panel is out: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, and WARDLAW, CALLAHAN, CHRISTEN, NGUYEN, FRIEDLAND, BENNETT, R. NELSON, COLLINS, SUNG, and TUNG 003
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In our guest blog post, Bruce Boyden @bruceboyden.bsky.social and I address a simple question in the copyright infringement case going before an en banc panel of Ninth Circuit judges next week blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...blog.ericgoldman.orgSedlik v. Von Drachenberg: All About That Intrinsic Test? (Guest Blog Post) - Technology & Marketing Law Blogby guest bloggers Bruce Boyden (Marquette Law) & Zahr Said (Santa Clara Law) On June 9, the Ninth Circuit granted rehearing en banc in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, agreeing to reconsider the test for in... 012
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Join us if you're in SF tonight and interested in indie filmmaking & AI & how folks are thinking about the issues (+ related legal implications). Registration free but recommended--> www.eventbrite.com/e/independen... 142
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Incredibly hard to read but essential to confront this sexual violence. “Think of it this way: The horrific abuse inflicted on Israeli women on Oct. 7 now happens to Palestinians day after day. It persists because of silence, indifference and the failure of American and Israeli officials alike”nytimes.comOpinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians 021
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 01/11/2025أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك 261107661495
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 13/10/2025An important read about current cancer research, government funding, and one person’s journey through her cancer dx—by the brilliant Cathy Gellistechdirt.comI Want A New Drug. A Vaccine Even. And A Functioning FDA, CDC, NIH, Etc…My cancer is back. This is disappointing but not unexpected; of the 2/3 of people who survive their first bout with ovarian cancer, 80% usually have it recur at some point. For me it was sooner tha… 020
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 13/10/2025“I am an originalist, and if the original meaning of the Constitution compelled this outcome, I would … agree that the Supreme Court should respect it until the Constitution is amended… But both the text and the history of Article II are far more equivocal than the … Court has been suggesting. “democracyproject.orgSpecial Feature: Must Administrative Officers Serve at the President’s Pleasure?A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict. 030
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Or you can celebrate CC, a known genocidal rapist, as our (liable for sexual assault and suspected of child rape himself) President encourages.open.substack.com7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Christopher ColumbusPresident Trump has vowed to bring Columbus Day ‘back from the ashes.’ But here are some shocking things you may not know about the much-celebrated historical figure behind it. 021
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidDiana B. Greenwald @dbgreenwald.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Israel raided prisoner family homes across five districts in the West Bank. www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-ba...middleeasteye.netIsrael raids homes of West Bank prisoners set to be released in dealFamilies of captive Palestinians threatened not to celebrate release of family members following ceasefire deal 7187119
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Excellent piece on why the compact is one of the stupidest “policies” by an administration full of stupid ideas. Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.comnewrepublic.comWhy This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut DownHow Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education 042
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 05/10/2025DESPICABLE: Van Jones Apologizes for Turning ‘Dead Gaza Baby’ Into a Punchline on Bill Maher’s Show. Actually Van did worse than "joke." He peddled the Netanayhu LIE that the images of dead Palestinian children were just part of disinfo campaign by Qatar. www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...mediaite.comCNN's Van Jones Apologizes for 'Dead Gaza Baby' RantCNN's Van Jones apologized for comments he made on Bill Maher's show Friday night which drew intense backlash from critics. 219629
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Never thought I’d find myself nostalgic for the days of secret “Torture Memos” being used to justify war in pitching Congress. (Back when Congress had to agree.) 243
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Also how many phone numbers does Al Franken have?? I’ve hit STOP and “reported junk” at least twice on that guy, but dems gotta dem I guess. Seriously though, what’s the conversion rate on these out of the blue texts asking for money for people in random districts around the country?? 010
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Phones sold to Democrats need to come with a STOP button. (Or …Dems could stop spamming us with urgent texts 8-10x a day from all over the country, also an option) 000
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 28/09/2025“It’s yet another way this regime practices eugenics. By refusing disabled people the accommodations they need, they’re targeting them for elimination. People die in ICE custody every year, but we often don’t hear about them. Their stories go untold, their pleas unheard and the eugenics unopposed”disabledginger.comHelp Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICERodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released. 12535356
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Proud that Santa Clara Law has stepped up to help law students afford legal education as federal loan amounts undergo major changes next year.abovethelaw.comThis Law School Is Offering Guaranteed Scholarships To All Incoming Students Thanks To New Student Loan Caps - Above the LawWhich law school will be the next to hand out guaranteed scholarships like this? 030
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidEric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 18/09/2025For Constitution Day, Santa Clara Law had a great discussion about the "Rule of Law" Watch the video (which I think I unintentionally evaded): santaclarauniversity.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Page... With @zahrsaid.bsky.social @nickserafin.bsky.socialsantaclarauniversity.hosted.panopto.comConstitution Day event 043
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidCara Lynch @caradox.bsky.social · 27/06/2025SCOTUS time. :::drink::: Good luck to us & democracy. We’re gonna need it. 0186
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidKeith Leventhal @keithleventhal.bsky.social · 27/06/2025If/when there is another election, we'll see how this is applied to Democrats. But, of course, this is dripping with hypocrisy from Republicans...as EVERYTHING with them always is. #SupremeCourt 021
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority just took away lower courts' single most powerful tool for reining in the Trump administration's lawless excesses, stripping them of authority to issue universal injunctions that block illegal policies nationwide. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p... 642120794
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/06/2025i’m so fucking fed up with this shit. when journalism outlets can’t even accurately and honestly say what’s happening to journalists—that they’re being attacked by cops and federal jackboots—then we are really and truly cooked. under scrutiny!!!!! i can’t. i can’t. 6944821143
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 12/06/2025LAPD appears to have kettled protesters around 7:45pm to prevent them from leaving, waited for the 8pm curfew to kick in and then mass-arrested them for curfew violations. 382321825
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 02/06/2025President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum gave Trump “full credit” for the name change. “Thanks to Donald Trump, when one thinks of America, one no longer thinks of liberty,” she said. “One thinks of TACO.” 120
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidRick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025If Barack Obama or Joe Biden had proposed this, the GOP would be in the streets with pitchforks and torches. I guess the new "conservative" position is, "I want the state to know everything about me at all times." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...nytimes.comTrump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans 1441412534
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Today in NYT’s ethics column (though unburdened by what might have been useful mention of the first sale doctrine), the author gets this issue right. Patronizing used art is “sustaining the low-cost democracy of art’s second life.” 140
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19/05/2025Guy who got a "free" $400M plane from Qatar was up late tweeting about corruption. 1411166953838
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/05/2025WOW. The Trump admin said they will review social media and deny immigration benefits to people saying antisemitic claims. They're even trying to deport people with green cards on alleged claims of antisemitism. Anyway, here's a tweet from an Afrikaner they flew here on Monday. 304101474290
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidOtto von Biz Markie @donachaidh.bsky.social · 16/05/2025"I don't feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points."commondreams.org2nd-Place Runner in High School Race Rips Maine GOP Lawmaker for Attacking Trans Winner | Common Dreams"I don't feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points." 151182240
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Oh this is good! Qatari plane too expensive to hold onto, hence gifting to Trxmp. I hear Qatar also has a tremendous fence available to be repainted, if any presidents are looking for a rare opportunity… 000
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidHayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 15/05/2025The plane being a White Elephant gift is the funniest turn this saga could have taken 893426926
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidFranklin @fsuss.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Through this I learned the NYU Law trustee who funded my scholarship and hooded me at graduation is on the executive committee of her capitulating firm 🙃 I sent her a personal email 031
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidAnupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 15/05/2025NY Times posted this video that it verified of Israeli forces tearing down Rafah buildings as part of a "ring of destruction around the city." www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 024
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 15/05/2025The most absurd and unjust free speech issue of our era, and an utterly unethical and probably unlawful move by NYU 050
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidThomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · 12/05/2025It's not like the NYT headline writers are unfamiliar with the active voice. (Also currently on the homepage.) 07722
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Fair use framing here iffy at best. Yes, ok: “the big question is whether Meta’s AI tools will hurt book sales” But no: “& otherwise cause the authors to lose money” & No: “If you are dramatically changing, … obliterating, the market for that person's work” & “destroying the market for their work”wired.comA Judge Says Meta’s AI Copyright Case Is About ‘the Next Taylor Swift’Meta’s contentious AI copyright battle is heating up—and the court may be close to a ruling. 000
Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Pangs of nostalgia for the days we had to remember how to spell emoluments bc they mattered as suchnytimes.comNew Mideast Project Is Latest Trump Company Deal Tied to Foreign GovernmentThe Trump Organization agreed to partner on a real estate project in Qatar in the latest of a series of projects tied to foreign governments. 000
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidDiana Galbraith @dianavgalbraith.bsky.social · 29/04/2025These squids can grow up to 7 meters long and are the largest known invertebrates. 031
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 28/04/2025If members of the press are worried they didn’t give enough coverage to the cognitive decline of a sitting president, they have an amazing opportunity to make up for it right now. 870204133747
Reposted by Zahr K. SaidRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I live and will die by Andrea Dworkin’s words, “Social outrage is power protecting itself; it is not morality.” In that vein, fuck civility and smile less. 021