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No, Your Copyright Registration Didn’t Suddenly Become Ineffective
#copyright
http://musictechpolicy.com/2025/09/12/no-your-copyrigh…

No, Your Copyright Registration Didn’t Suddenly Become Ineffective
During Shira Perlmutter’s absence, the Copyright Office briefly paused issuing certificates but quickly resumed — without the Register’s signature. Some speculated this made registrations invalid, …

It's Saturday morning, and that means it's time for Metacurity's round-up of the best infosec-related long reads of the week, available to our free and paid subscribers.
This week's selection covers
--Myanmar's junta benefits from cyberscams,
--Cyberscams could be behind the Thai-Cambodia conflict,
--Africans are tricked into cyberscam compounds,
--How China's propaganda and surveillance work,
--Vibe coding is risky,
--Ross Ul…

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 9/6/25
Myanmar's junta benefits from cyberscams, Cyberscams could be behind the Thai-Cambodia conflict, Africans are tricked into cyberscam compounds, How China's propaganda and surveillance work, Vibe coding is risky, Ross Ulbricht is very lucky, Don't steal the phone of a hacker's girlfriend

Xeon-Chefarchitekt: Ingenieur-Urgestein verlässt Intel
Der Kahlschlag bei Intel geht weiter. Senior Fellow Ronak Singhal verlässt Intel zum Monatsende nach 28 Jahren.
https://www.heise.d…

Internal memo: Vanity Fair will move away from news aggregation, reviews, and trade coverage, phasing out The Hive and Hollywood Daily (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/vanity-fair-cut-back-coverage-hol…

Vanity Fair Will Cut Back Some Coverage to Focus on Hollywood
Vanity Fair will scale back certain areas of coverage, including shutting down The Hive, to focus on entertainment and culture, editorial director Mark Guiducci said.

The (proposed) #Anthropic settlement is a good reminder that #copyright registration can be worth the hassle. (Although, even at 3000 $/work, most money will be eaten by transaction costs and middlemen.)

Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Speeding Ticket
It’s the largest copyright settlement in history. But for Anthropic, it’s a toll booth, not a stop sign.

En réalité, le nombre de victimes de l'OKC dépasse largement les quelques survivants qui ont pu témoigner. Découvrez l'ampleur de cette tragédie ici :
https://chardonsbleus.org/la-okc-en-chiffres-estimation-conservatoire/

la OKC en chiffres - estimation conservatoire
l'OKC en nombre de victimes, c'est beaucoup plus que la quarantaine de survivants-es qui ont réussi à témoigner ou participer dans les procédures ...

A look at US-backed NVD, as its parent org NIST scrambles to hire contractors to help clear a backlog of 25K vulnerabilities, ~10x the previous high in 2017 (Matthew King/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/11/1119370…

Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down
The US system to track vulnerabilities is struggling to keep up with its backlog. Experts are scrambling to assemble alternatives.

Die Bundesregierung will Cyberschutz für kritische Infrastruktur bis 2026 zur Pflicht machen – und hinkt damit der EU-Richtlinie und der Realität hinterher. Während Angriffe zunehmen, fehlt es an Tempo und Klarheit. Claudia Plattner (BSI) mahnt: Viele Unternehmen haben die Gefahr noch immer nicht auf dem Schirm #ZEIT
#BSI

BSI: Cyberschutz für kritische Infrastruktur soll 2026 zur Pflicht werden
Für rund 29.000 wichtige Unternehmen soll es bald verbindliche Cybersicherheitsvorgaben geben. Die Bundesregierung will eine EU-Richtlinie dazu gesetzlich verankern.

Social Engineering & KI: Cyberkriminelle rekrutieren im Darknet
Cyberkriminelle suchen im Darknet verstärkt nach Experten für Social Engineering und KI. Ein Hinweis darauf, auf welche Bedrohungen Firmen achten sollten.

OK, now, do we believe this?
CISA work not ‘degraded’ by Trump administration cuts, top agency official says
https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-operational-strength-despite-cuts-nicholas-andersen-billington-cybersecurity-summit/