Meta Lawyer Lemley Quits AI Case Citing Zuckerberg 'Descent' (1)
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California attorney Mark Lemley dropped Meta Platforms Inc. as a client in a high-profile copyright case because of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness,” the Stanford University professor said on LinkedIn.
  • recursive_recursion they/themEnglish
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    21 days ago

    TL;DR:
    Lemley the lawyer believes that the AI copyright infringement dispute should be pursued, they decided to not be the attorney on behalf of Meta cause Zuck has serious personal issues.

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    California attorney Mark Lemley dropped Meta Platforms Inc. as a client in a high-profile copyright case because of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness,” the Stanford University professor said on LinkedIn.

    Lemley said in a Monday post he still believes Meta to be “on the right side in the generative AI copyright dispute,” but that he “cannot in good conscience serve as their lawyer any longer.”

    • Etterra@discuss.onlineEnglish
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      21 days ago

      That’s because what all these stupid text CEOs really want is for people to think that they’re cool. That’s it. I mean they’re not cool, they’re tryhards with more money than brains. But they’re going to fight to make you think they’re cool even if it kills you.