Ms. Caswell: Bloomberg has released new video out of the Middle East today. *Business leaders, including Elon Musk and Sam Altman, join Donald Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the US president's trip to the Middle East:* - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJl4ApLtcqi/?igsh=MTZ0bTAwNzdpZTlucQ== *Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets Donald Trump at the beginning of the president's first scheduled overseas trip since taking office:* - *https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJlfIIYtMWD/?igsh=eWtqcnYxNGczYXNr <https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJlfIIYtMWD/?igsh=eWtqcnYxNGczYXNr>* xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional rights. Thank you, Gunnar ✌️ -- *Gunnar Larson * *xNY.io <http://www.xny.io/> - Bank.org <http://bank.org/>* MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Search&utm_campaign=MSc-Digital-Currency-North-America&utm_term=blockchain%20unic&gclid=Cj0KCQiAyJOBBhDCARIsAJG2h5ctwwMz0MRbVSk-LaYD-GMU5UgDSw7ynxbGr_a7SkaFAZzJc1-pzxEaAi4NEALw_wcB> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovation-mba-1-5-years-or-3-semesters/> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G@xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001 On Thu, May 1, 2025, 4:36 PM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Ms. Caswell:
*xNY.io - Bank.org is excited to announce our campaign, "2025 SUMMER OF LOVE" from April 15, 2025 through December 15, 2025.*
- xNY.io - Bank.org will not stand for the Mayors of Istanbul and New York City being potentially disenfranchised for xNY.io - Bank.org's benefit.
*Speaking with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, at LlamaCon 2025:*
*Meta's first-ever AI developer conference, Microsoft Chairman & CEO Satya Nadella noted that 20-30% of Microsoft's code is now generated by AI, while Zuckerberg predicted that AI will handle half of Meta's software development in a year https://reut.rs/3GvDcpT <https://reut.rs/3GvDcpT>*
- *https://www.facebook.com/Reuters/videos/883332123927191/?mibextid=CDWPTG <https://www.facebook.com/Reuters/videos/883332123927191/?mibextid=CDWPTG>*
- *Moscow Stock Exchange Logo:* https://tinyurl.com/3v2fd3y2 - *Meta's (Facebook) Logo:* https://tinyurl.com/2p8csm8u - *What is extremely interesting, the copyright case below was filed on March 8, 2021:* https://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nysdce/1:2021cv02007/555642 - *Meta announced its brand and logo on October 28, 2021:* https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/founders-letter/
Meta Platforms should understand that xNY.io - Bank.org supports semantics empowering freedom of thought as a human right; Holding new opportunities for modern international recognition of the right to cognitive liberty.
- xNY.io - Bank.org founder Gunnar Larson was a writer at LitigationFinanceJournal.com, or Legal Funding Journal in 2022.
*Litigating Universal Cognitive Liberty January 17, 2022 Commercial, Premium is an article Gunnar wrote. *
- https://litigationfinancejournal.com/litigating-universal-cognitive-liberty/
*Discussing Freedom of thought as recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).*
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: *Gunnar Larson* <g@xny.io> Subject: Litigating Universal Cognitive Liberty January 17, 2022 Commercial, Premium
Check out my recent article: https://litigationfinancejournal.com/ litigating-universal-cognitive-liberty/
Litigating Universal Cognitive Liberty
Freedom of thought is recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Interestingly,, cognitive liberty is not recognized as an international human right. Some want to change that, making the argument that humanity has the right to be free to think whatever they want (freedom of thought).
The Ottawa Citizen reports <https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/military-leaders-saw-pandemic-as-unique-opportunity-to-test-propaganda-techniques-on-canadians-forces-report-says> that the Canadian armed forces have launched ‘psychological operations’ as an experiment in government propaganda to counter civil disobedience. International human rights scholars are quick to point out that the lack of protection of cognitive liberty in such instances is due to the relative lack of technology capable of directly interfering with mental autonomy at the time the core human rights treaties were created.
Similar to a ransomware attack, the technology behind such operations can be abused. Canada is said to have exploited advanced technologies without the authority to do so. Even worse, it is alleged that Canada forcefully abused technology in the unsanctioned production of reports that appeared to be aimed at cognitive activities of Canadians.
- Other reports highlight similar technologies being explored by the New York City Police Department. - In 2021 <https://gothamist.com/news/city-settles-lawsuit-protesters-who-accused-nypd-firing-sound-cannon-them>, members of the National Lawyers Guild won $650,000 in litigation financed fees from abuse of the technology in New York.
The semantics empowering freedom of thought as a human right hold new opportunities for modern international recognition of the right to cognitive liberty.
-----(PAGE BREAK)----- *Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview transcript:*
- *https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIZ_JjGRmeD/?igsh=MTViazN6emllY2dxaw== <https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIZ_JjGRmeD/?igsh=MTViazN6emllY2dxaw==>*
*Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth -- and he did not disappoint:*
- *https://www.facebook.com/reel/1325168828707386?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=J7ZoRX <https://www.facebook.com/reel/1325168828707386?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=J7ZoRX>*
*Prince of Wales Boards Helicopter & Prince of Wales Arrives at BAFTAs (and other videos): *
- *https://www.facebook.com/reel/1827574018031589?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e* <https://www.facebook.com/reel/1827574018031589?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e> - *https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1EMwv9uqWD/* <https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1EMwv9uqWD/> - *https://www.facebook.com/reel/1421684045477950?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e* <https://www.facebook.com/reel/1421684045477950?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e> - *https://www.facebook.com/reel/1935763340542313?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e* <https://www.facebook.com/reel/1935763340542313?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e>
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On Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 4:01 PM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Art Director/Designer: Robert W. Wilvers Photographer: Paul Seligman Copyeditor: Gene Case Agency: Jack Tinker & Partners, Inc. Client: Rockefeller for President
*The Last Vietnam. *
We talk of Vietnam as we once talked of Korea.
"Let us drag ourselves from this quagmire, and we will live happily ever after..."
I am afraid that the next President will not escape so easily.
*I say learn from Vietnam or be dammed to repeat it. *
Our Vietnam policy was meant for the 1940's, for Western Europe, for the defense of democracies.
Yet we apply it in the 1960's, in Southeast Asia, in defense of people who do not know what democracy means.
And in wrapping this policy around Vietnam, we blinded ourselves to the real Vietnam. We assumed the enemy meant to seize land. We were wrong. He meant to disrupt government.
We sent troops in overwhelming number. We were wrong.
We shattered a small country's sense of responsibility.
We were preoccupied with the changing premieres and presidents in Siagon. We were wrong. It was in the village and countryside where government failed.
Now, peace give us a time to right those errors.
To stop turning this war into an *American* war. To move Saigon toward reform. To build a strong and trusted village government. To secure the people from terrorism.
And in Paris, to work patiently and persistently for peace.
At home we must have candor and trust. Americans must believe in government again, and government must believe in Americans. The day must pass where press officers say, "The people I work for don't want to hear bad news."
I say, face the truth. Trust the people with the truth. I say, do not fight change. *Guide* change.
I say we can make this Vietnam the last Vietnam.
And this is one reason why I run for President.
*NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER*
On Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 3:54 PM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Ms. Caswell:
*xNY.io - Bank.org is excited to announce our campaign, "2025 SUMMER OF LOVE" from April 15, 2025 through December 15, 2025.*
- *Moscow Stock Exchange Logo:* https://tinyurl.com/3v2fd3y2 - *Meta's (Facebook) Logo:* https://tinyurl.com/2p8csm8u - *What is extremely interesting, the copyright case below was filed on March 8, 2021:* https://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nysdce/1:2021cv02007/555642 - *Meta announced its brand and logo on October 28, 2021:* https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/founders-letter/
Ed Martin Discloses Russia TV Spots, Coloring Books, Jan. 6 <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2326578?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-17&read_main=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=7>
By Courtney Bublé
Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has disclosed dozens of additional media interviews with right-wing and Russian-state outlets, according to a letter obtained on Wednesday by Law360.
Letter attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2326578?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-17&read_more=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=7> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2326578?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-17&read_later=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=7> -----(PAGE BREAK)-----
*Russian State-Sponsored Network's Attempt to Dismiss Copyright Lawsuit On Fair Use Grounds Denied*
- *https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/copyright/1174834/russian-state-sponsore... <https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/copyright/1174834/russian-state-sponsored-tv-network39s-attempt-to-dismiss-copyright-lawsuit-on-fair-use-grounds-denied?email_access=on>*
TV-Novosti, a non-profit operating the Russian state-controlled RT(formerly Russia Today) television networks and 38 associated RT YouTube channels, has been sued for copyright infringement by Business Casual, an American media company that creates documentary content, based on its use of translated clips of Business Casual's documentaries in its own videos posted to YouTube.
Business Casual creates short original historical documentaries which it posts to its YouTube channel. Its documentaries frequently feature photographs of historical figures, using a process called "parallax" which "transforms century-old low-resolution photographs into dramatically restored high-resolution photographs" and "turn[s] two-dimensional images into three-dimensional models . . . simulating a depth-of-field. This optical illusion provides Business Casual's videos with an immersive three-dimensional look and feel."
The lawsuit relates to two of Business Casual's documentaries—"How Rockefeller Built His Trillion Dollar Oil Empire" and "J.P. Morgan Documentary: How One Man Financed America"—clips of which Business Casual alleges TV-Novosti incorporated into three separate videos on its "RT-Arabic" YouTube channel, including portions featuring parallax-enhanced images, altering the brightness and saturation of the copied content and replacing Business Casual's watermark with TV-Novosti's own in order to hide from YouTube's algorithms.
TV-Novosti moved to dismiss the copyright claims, arguing that it's use of the clips is protected as fair use. However, after considering each of the four statutory factors, Judge Koeltl of the Southern District of New York denied TV-Novosti's motion, holding that while three of the four factors weighed against finding fair use, "[t]he fourth factor, which the Supreme Court has described as 'the single most important element of fair use,' cannot be determined without further factual development."
Specifically, regarding the first factor, concerning the transformation of the use, Judge Koeltl found that while TV-Novosti's videos take portions of the plaintiff's videos, re-arrange them, and add new commentary to them, TV-Novosti had not made any meaningful changes to the visual clips themselves, and "[m]erely overlaying new audio does not effect a sufficient transformation . . . to find fair use as a matter of law." The Court further noted that TV-Novosti had "not changed the purpose of the parallax-enhanced images," i.e., to provide visual illustration for the overlain audio commentary, but had instead "simply lifted the copyrighted depictions . .. for the purpose of illustrating [TV-Novosti's] own video." In addition, the Court found that the fact that TV-Novosti could have sought to pay for the clips, but didn't, and tried to hide its use of the excerpts from YouTube's algorithms, also weighed against a finding a fair use under the first factor.
Regarding the second factor, concerning the nature of the copyrighted work, the Court initially noted that factual material such as that at issue, "cuts less closely to the core of copyright." Nevertheless, the Court held that the fact that source material for Business Casual's videos was in the public domain weighed against finding fair use, because TV Novosti could have simply used public domain photos of the historical figures, rather than the modified clips, to create its videos.
Regarding the third factor, concerning the amount of use in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole, the Court noted that while only "small portions of the entire copyrighted works were used"—excerpts of 7 seconds, 1 minute and 28 seconds, and 8 minutes and 50 seconds in length—the portions were "not so trivial as to warrant dismissal under the de minimis doctrine."
Lastly, regarding the fourth factor, concerning the effect of the use on the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work, the Court noted that this factor "ask[s] not whether the second work would damage the market for the first (by, for example, devaluing it through parody or criticism), but whether it usurps the market for the first by offering a competing substitute." With this framing, the Court thus found that while one the one hand, TV-Novosti's "videos are alternative ways of learning about the lives of J.P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller," on the other hand, they "have a broader focus and are in a different language, meaning that they cater to a different audience." These differences, the Court held, were significant enough to preclude the Court from "determining the effect of [TV-Novosti's] videos on the market for [Business Casual's] videos at this time."
The Court's recognition of the weight of the fourth factor in determining fair use means that there may still be hope for TV-Novosti—time (and fact discovery) will tell. For now, the takeaway may very well be that parties seeking to raise a fair use defense should take care to emphasize any characteristics of their use that distinguish not just their work, but its target audience, including the scope of the work and the language (if any) which communicates it.
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 6:26 PM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Ms. Caswell:
*xNY.io - Bank.org is excited to announce our campaign, "2025 SUMMER OF LOVE" from April 15, 2025 through December 15, 2025.*
Meta Platforms should understand that xNY.io - Bank.org supports semantics empowering freedom of thought as a human right; Holding new opportunities for modern international recognition of the right to cognitive liberty.
- *Moscow Stock Exchange Logo:* https://tinyurl.com/3v2fd3y2 - *Meta's (Facebook) Logo:* https://tinyurl.com/2p8csm8u - *What is extremely interesting, the copyright case below was filed on March 8, 2021:* https://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nysdce/1:2021cv02007/555642 - *Meta announced its brand and logo on October 28, 2021:* https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/founders-letter/
*Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview transcript:*
- *https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIZ_JjGRmeD/?igsh=MTViazN6emllY2dxaw== <https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIZ_JjGRmeD/?igsh=MTViazN6emllY2dxaw==>*
*Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth -- and he did not disappoint:*
- *https://www.facebook.com/reel/1325168828707386?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=J7ZoRX <https://www.facebook.com/reel/1325168828707386?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=J7ZoRX>*
Meta Used Pirated Data To Evaluate Licensing, Authors Say <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2325830?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6>
By Ivan Moreno
A group of bestselling authors accusing Meta Platforms of copyright infringement allege the tech company downloaded databases with millions of pirated books not just to train its large language models, called Llama, but also to see whether it could develop them without licensing content, according to a newly unredacted summary judgment motion.
Motion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2325830?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2325830?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6>
X Corp. Should Pay $632M For Stealing Video IP, Jury Hears <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2325853?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=3>
By Spencer Brewer
X Corp. systematically copied a startup's video sharing technology while stringing it along with promises of a partnership, VidStream LLC told a Dallas jury during closing arguments Tuesday in a $632 million intellectual property suit that has spanned nearly a decade.
Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2325853?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=3> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2325853?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=3>
Insurer Denies Coverage For Short Seller Cohodes' Libel Case <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2325641?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=5>
By Elizabeth Daley
Short seller Marc Cohodes, who was accused by a financial advisory firm of causing $5 million in reputational damage via libelous posts on X, cannot have coverage for the litigation, an insurer told a Montana federal court, noting that his homeowners policy excluded intentional wrongdoing.
Complaint attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2325641?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=5> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2325641?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=5>
Atty Sues After His Dog-Themed Meme Coin Gets Hacked <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2325344?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=3>
By Aislinn Keely
A former BigLaw attorney who created a meme coin in honor of his pet dachshund has sued the crypto wallet provider he used to hold his tokens over "catastrophic security failures and deliberate regulatory evasion" that allegedly allowed a hacker to steal half a million dollars' worth of his meme coin and tank the value of the project in the process.
Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2325344?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=3> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2325344?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=3>
Timing For Newsmax, Dominion Defamation Trial Still Unclear <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/2325495?nl_pk=9f0ef0c6-df48-47ce-8c94-4f68ac959c6f&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=delaware&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0>
By Jeff Montgomery
The timing for a potential billion-dollar defamation battle in Delaware between Newsmax Media Inc. and Dominion Voting Systems that had been scheduled to begin April 28 was left in the air late Tuesday after a daylong hearing on final pretrial issues and Newsmax's calls for a delay.
Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/2325495?nl_pk=9f0ef0c6-df48-47ce-8c94-4f68ac959c6f&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=delaware&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/2325495?nl_pk=9f0ef0c6-df48-47ce-8c94-4f68ac959c6f&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=delaware&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0>
Judge Won't Hit Brakes On Army Helicopter Power Unit Award <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2325792?nl_pk=0fbf612f-d3d4-4f23-be83-c6e8ec50df7e&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=governmentcontracts&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=2>
By Tom Lotshaw
A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected Hydraulics International Inc.'s attempt to block a sole-source award to Sun Test Systems Inc. for power units to service Army helicopters, saying the company failed to show it could deliver the equipment in question.
Decision attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2325792?nl_pk=0fbf612f-d3d4-4f23-be83-c6e8ec50df7e&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=governmentcontracts&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=2> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2325792?nl_pk=0fbf612f-d3d4-4f23-be83-c6e8ec50df7e&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=governmentcontracts&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=2>
Massive Calif. Fire Assessment Pass-Through Sparks Suit <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2325774?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=10>
By Gina Kim
Public interest nonprofit Consumer Watchdog sued California's insurance chief in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday to stop him from allowing insurance companies to offset hundreds of millions of dollars in assessment costs as surcharges onto policyholders, claiming the decision was made without any public input, in violation of the state's Administrative Procedure Act.
Complaint attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2325774?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=10> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2325774?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-16&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=10> xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional rights.
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Gunnar Larson ✌️ -- Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson
*xNY.io - Bank.org* 917-580-8053 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001
On Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 2:37 PM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Ms. Caswell:
*xNY.io - Bank.org is excited to announce our campaign, "2025 SUMMER OF LOVE" from April 15, 2025 through December 15, 2025.*
- xNY.io - Bank.org founder Gunnar Larson was a writer at LitigationFinanceJournal.com, or Legal Funding Journal in 2022.
*Meta Platforms should understand that xNY.io - Bank.org supports semantics empowering freedom of thought as a human right; Holding new opportunities for modern international recognition of the right to cognitive liberty.*
Defense Strategies After Justices' Personal Injury RICO Ruling <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2324118?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-15&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=4>
In Medical Marijuana v. Horn, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act can be invoked by some plaintiffs with claims arising from personal injuries — but defense counsel can use the limitations on civil RICO claims to seek early dismissal in such cases, say attorneys at Debevoise.
Opinion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2324118?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-15&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=4> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2324118?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-15&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=4>
Animal Rescue Wants Early Win In TM Suit Against Ex-Leader <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2325076?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-15&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=16>
By P.J. D'Annunzio
Pennsylvania-based animal rescue Last Chance Ranch has asked a federal judge to rule that its former executive director copied its name and trademarks for a competing nonprofit she created, arguing that the infringement was obvious.
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Meta Accused Of Hiding $4B In Facebook Ad Overcharges <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2324935?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-15&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=4>
By Dorothy Atkins
South Carolina-based fitness company Iron Tribe has hit Meta Platforms Inc. with a proposed class action in California federal court, alleging the social media giant secretly overcharged Facebook advertisers $4 billion by using a flawed "blended price" auction system that it hid from advertisers and took years to correct.
Complaint attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2324935?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-15&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=4> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2324935?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-15&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=4>
*Litigating Universal Cognitive Liberty January 17, 2022 Commercial, Premium is an article Gunnar wrote. *
- https://litigationfinancejournal.com/litigating-universal-cognitive-liberty/
*Discussing Freedom of thought as recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).*
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: *Gunnar Larson* <g@xny.io> Subject: Litigating Universal Cognitive Liberty January 17, 2022 Commercial, Premium
Check out my recent article: https://litigationfinancejournal.com/ litigating-universal-cognitive-liberty/
Litigating Universal Cognitive Liberty
Freedom of thought is recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Interestingly,, cognitive liberty is not recognized as an international human right. Some want to change that, making the argument that humanity has the right to be free to think whatever they want (freedom of thought).
The Ottawa Citizen reports <https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/military-leaders-saw-pandemic-as-unique-opportunity-to-test-propaganda-techniques-on-canadians-forces-report-says> that the Canadian armed forces have launched ‘psychological operations’ as an experiment in government propaganda to counter civil disobedience. International human rights scholars are quick to point out that the lack of protection of cognitive liberty in such instances is due to the relative lack of technology capable of directly interfering with mental autonomy at the time the core human rights treaties were created.
Similar to a ransomware attack, the technology behind such operations can be abused. Canada is said to have exploited advanced technologies without the authority to do so. Even worse, it is alleged that Canada forcefully abused technology in the unsanctioned production of reports that appeared to be aimed at cognitive activities of Canadians.
- Other reports highlight similar technologies being explored by the New York City Police Department. - In 2021 <https://gothamist.com/news/city-settles-lawsuit-protesters-who-accused-nypd-firing-sound-cannon-them>, members of the National Lawyers Guild won $650,000 in litigation financed fees from abuse of the technology in New York.
The semantics empowering freedom of thought as a human right hold new opportunities for modern international recognition of the right to cognitive liberty.
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*Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth -- and he did not disappoint:*
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*Prince of Wales Boards Helicopter & Prince of Wales Arrives at BAFTAs (and other videos): *
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 5:08 PM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Ms. Caswell:
In the run-up to the 2024 Presidential Election, Mark Zuckerberg and co-horts at Meta, ... "*Orchestrated an unthinkable plot – one that shocks the conscience and is an affront to this nation’s democracy. Acting in concert, [Meta] maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative that their Republican opponent, Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson was colluding...*" for peace on planet Earth.
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*Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview transcript*
*Speaking directly to President Trump in English, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says: “You think you understand what's going on here… But, please, before any kind of decisions, any kind of plans for negotiations, come to see the people — civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead.” https://cbsn.ws/3EluQQQ <https://cbsn.ws/3EluQQQ>*
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*xNY.io - Bank.org* 917-580-8053 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001
On Mon, Apr 14, 2025, 7:52 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
> Ms. Caswell: > > In the run-up to the 2024 Presidential Election, Mark Zuckerberg and > co-horts at Meta, ... "*Orchestrated an unthinkable plot – one that > shocks the conscience and is an affront to this nation’s democracy. Acting > in concert, [Meta] maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative that > their Republican opponent, Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson was > colluding...*" for peace on planet Earth. > *Watch "Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1" on YouTube:* > <https://www.youtube.com/live/B4-L2nfGcuE?si=S4L8-QXZGWlt6gUl> > > <https://www.youtube.com/live/B4-L2nfGcuE?si=S4L8-QXZGWlt6gUl> > - <https://www.youtube.com/live/B4-L2nfGcuE?si=S4L8-QXZGWlt6gUl> > https://www.youtube.com/live/B4-L2nfGcuE?si=S4L8-QXZGWlt6gUl > > *Eagle_Eye_Cherry.jpg:* > > - > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IODnPT53-MmcUuJLFNZ1thmWQ5LAC4EW/view?usp=d... > > *Watch "BREAKING NEWS: President Trump And Cabinet Take Multiple > Questions About Tariffs, China At Meeting" on YouTube:* > <https://youtu.be/JYAAH3BlQQM?si=BpXAJS_WSRhKFsb_> > > <https://youtu.be/JYAAH3BlQQM?si=BpXAJS_WSRhKFsb_> > - <https://youtu.be/JYAAH3BlQQM?si=BpXAJS_WSRhKFsb_> > https://youtu.be/JYAAH3BlQQM?si=BpXAJS_WSRhKFsb_ > > Tether-Backed Crypto Co. Can't Duck Swan's Trade Secrets Suit > <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2324047?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> > > By Katryna Perera > > A California federal judge has ruled that an entity backed by > cryptocurrency Tether can't escape a trade secrets suit from crypto trading > firm Swan Bitcoin, which claims the entity reneged on a commitment to > provide financing for a bitcoin mining deal and induced Swan employees to > quit and steal the firm's proprietary information. > > Order attached | Read full article » > <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2324047?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> > | Save to favorites » > <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2324047?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> > xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional > rights. > > Thank you, > > Gunnar Larson > -- > Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson > > *xNY.io - Bank.org* > 917-580-8053 > NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2025, 11:49 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote: > >> Ms. Caswell: >> >> - Moscow Stock Exchange Logo: https://tinyurl.com/3v2fd3y2 >> - Meta's (Facebook) Logo: https://tinyurl.com/2p8csm8u >> - What is extremely interesting, the copyright case below was >> filed on March 8, 2021: >> https://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nysdce/1:2021cv02007/555642 >> - Meta announced its brand and logo on October 28, 2021: >> https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/founders-letter/ >> >> BREAKING: Ex-Russian Politician Convicted Of Breaching UK Sanctions >> <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2321737?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2321737&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> >> >> By Christopher Crosby >> >> A former Russian politician once appointed by President Vladimir >> Putin to office in occupied Crimea was convicted of breaching U.K. >> sanctions in a London court on Wednesday. >> >> Read full article » >> <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2321737?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2321737&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> >> | Save to favorites » >> <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2321737?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2321737&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> >> xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional >> rights. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Gunnar Larson >> -- >> Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson >> >> *xNY.io - Bank.org* >> 917-580-8053 >> NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 >> >> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 2:42 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote: >> >>> Ms. Caswell: >>> >>> - Moscow Stock Exchange Logo: https://tinyurl.com/3v2fd3y2 >>> - Meta's (Facebook) Logo: https://tinyurl.com/2p8csm8u >>> - What is extremely interesting, the copyright case below was >>> filed on March 8, 2021: >>> https://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nysdce/1:2021cv02007/555642 >>> - Meta announced its brand and logo on October 28, 2021: >>> https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/founders-letter/ >>> >>> >>> *-----(PAGE BREAK)-----* >>> >>> *Russian State-Sponsored Network's Attempt to Dismiss Copyright >>> Lawsuit On Fair Use Grounds Denied * >>> >>> - >>> https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/copyright/1174834/russian-state-sponsore... >>> >>> TV-Novosti, a non-profit operating the Russian state-controlled >>> RT(formerly Russia Today) television networks and 38 associated RT YouTube >>> channels, has been sued for copyright infringement by Business Casual, an >>> American media company that creates documentary content, based on its use >>> of translated clips of Business Casual's documentaries in its own videos >>> posted to YouTube. >>> >>> Business Casual creates short original historical documentaries >>> which it posts to its YouTube channel. Its documentaries frequently >>> feature photographs of historical figures, using a process called >>> "parallax" which "transforms century-old low-resolution photographs into >>> dramatically restored high-resolution photographs" and "turn[s] >>> two-dimensional images into three-dimensional models . . . simulating a >>> depth-of-field. This optical illusion provides Business Casual's videos >>> with an immersive three-dimensional look and feel." >>> >>> The lawsuit relates to two of Business Casual's documentaries—"How >>> Rockefeller Built His Trillion Dollar Oil Empire" and "J.P. Morgan >>> Documentary: How One Man Financed America"—clips of which Business Casual >>> alleges TV-Novosti incorporated into three separate videos on its >>> "RT-Arabic" YouTube channel, including portions featuring parallax-enhanced >>> images, altering the brightness and saturation of the copied content and >>> replacing Business Casual's watermark with TV-Novosti's own in order to >>> hide from YouTube's algorithms. >>> >>> TV-Novosti moved to dismiss the copyright claims, arguing that >>> it's use of the clips is protected as fair use. However, after considering >>> each of the four statutory factors, Judge Koeltl of the Southern District >>> of New York denied TV-Novosti's motion, holding that while three of the >>> four factors weighed against finding fair use, "[t]he fourth factor, which >>> the Supreme Court has described as 'the single most important element of >>> fair use,' cannot be determined without further factual development." >>> >>> Specifically, regarding the first factor, concerning the >>> transformation of the use, Judge Koeltl found that while TV-Novosti's >>> videos take portions of the plaintiff's videos, re-arrange them, and add >>> new commentary to them, TV-Novosti had not made any meaningful changes to >>> the visual clips themselves, and "[m]erely overlaying new audio does not >>> effect a sufficient transformation . . . to find fair use as a matter of >>> law." The Court further noted that TV-Novosti had "not changed the purpose >>> of the parallax-enhanced images," i.e., to provide visual illustration for >>> the overlain audio commentary, but had instead "simply lifted the >>> copyrighted depictions . .. for the purpose of illustrating [TV-Novosti's] >>> own video." In addition, the Court found that the fact that TV-Novosti >>> could have sought to pay for the clips, but didn't, and tried to hide its >>> use of the excerpts from YouTube's algorithms, also weighed against a >>> finding a fair use under the first factor. >>> >>> Regarding the second factor, concerning the nature of the >>> copyrighted work, the Court initially noted that factual material such as >>> that at issue, "cuts less closely to the core of copyright." Nevertheless, >>> the Court held that the fact that source material for Business Casual's >>> videos was in the public domain weighed against finding fair use, because >>> TV Novosti could have simply used public domain photos of the historical >>> figures, rather than the modified clips, to create its videos. >>> >>> Regarding the third factor, concerning the amount of use in >>> relation to the copyrighted work as a whole, the Court noted that while >>> only "small portions of the entire copyrighted works were used"—excerpts >>> of 7 seconds, 1 minute and 28 seconds, and 8 minutes and 50 seconds in >>> length—the portions were "not so trivial as to warrant dismissal under the >>> de minimis doctrine." >>> >>> Lastly, regarding the fourth factor, concerning the effect of the >>> use on the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work, the Court >>> noted that this factor "ask[s] not whether the second work would damage the >>> market for the first (by, for example, devaluing it through parody or >>> criticism), but whether it usurps the market for the first by offering a >>> competing substitute." With this framing, the Court thus found that while >>> one the one hand, TV-Novosti's "videos are alternative ways of learning >>> about the lives of J.P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller," on the other hand, >>> they "have a broader focus and are in a different language, meaning that >>> they cater to a different audience." These differences, the Court held, >>> were significant enough to preclude the Court from "determining the effect >>> of [TV-Novosti's] videos on the market for [Business Casual's] videos at >>> this time." >>> >>> The Court's recognition of the weight of the fourth factor in >>> determining fair use means that there may still be hope for TV-Novosti—time >>> (and fact discovery) will tell. For now, the takeaway may very well be >>> that parties seeking to raise a fair use defense should take care to >>> emphasize any characteristics of their use that distinguish not just their >>> work, but its target audience, including the scope of the work and the >>> language (if any) which communicates it. >>> >>> *-----(PAGE BREAK)-----* >>> >>> xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional >>> rights. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Gunnar Larson >>> -- >>> Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson >>> >>> *xNY.io - Bank.org* >>> 917-580-8053 >>> NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 2:22 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote: >>> >>>> Art Director/Designer: Robert W. Wilvers >>>> Photographer: Paul Seligman >>>> Copyeditor: Gene Case >>>> Agency: Jack Tinker & Partners, Inc. >>>> Client: Rockefeller for President >>>> >>>> *Why I Run. * >>>> >>>> America cries out for a leader. >>>> >>>> Events overwhelm us. Change outruns us. >>>> >>>> Headlines deliver us our daily jolt. >>>> >>>> "Things are in the saddle, and ride mankind" -- this warning we >>>> have let come true. >>>> >>>> I run for President because I do not believe this must happen to >>>> us. >>>> >>>> I believe we can recapture control of *things.* >>>> >>>> I believe we can end the drift, the doubt, the division. >>>> >>>> I intend to say how, here, in this newspaper. I intend to write >>>> that course I believe America must follow. >>>> >>>> My beliefs will not be tailored to please the voters of this >>>> region or that. What I believe in New York. I believe in Nebraska. And I >>>> will answer for it throughout the campaign. >>>> >>>> I do not take my case to Republicans alone. It is a nation and >>>> not just a party which needs leading, healing, uniting. >>>> >>>> I begin tomorrow, on a subject that has tormented us like none >>>> other in our recent history: Riot. >>>> >>>> *Nelson A. Rockefeller* >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 9:12 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ms. Caswell: >>>>> >>>>> This morning xNY.io - Bank.org was again targeted by Meta >>>>> Platforms. Why? >>>>> >>>>> This will not be tolerated much longer. >>>>> >>>>