snakeappletree: NO-AI LOGO & LAW

Today I spoke with the solicitor firm who hold my legal documents such as evidence of copyright.

In 2007 I used traditional (pre-digital era) ‘old-school’ method of copyright honoured for many centuries in Britain. Unbroken Seal.

In modern times a heraldic wax seal is replaced by Royal Mail approval of a sealed, unopened envelope stamped with a date by the Post Office and recorded delivery.

This system is established as a legal precedent for copyright of documents. Proof of ownership is made upon opening of the envelope before a recognised official for example a Judge in a court case. Dramatic though that is to some people unused to old-school methods in this digital era.

The postmark is dated 2007 the year I wrote a science fiction novel for which the front cover bares a logo in red and white on a black background.

The red component is the classic circle with a diagonal line indicating ‘NO’ as seen in aspects of our lives such as traffic signs and doors.

Behind that in white are capitalised letters “AI” standing intentionally for ‘artificial intelligences’ as specified in the text of the document.

The book was written at a time predicting near-future events in which AI technology caused a rift in global culture where agricultural Neolithic revivalism and re-wilding projects ensured survival for ecologies and human species.

The group was polarised with ‘techs’ whose lives are controlled by AI which orchestrates a global revolution to create a renaissance for our species to thrive and expand to countless new worlds using technologies invented by the AI.

It heralds the end of government structures in favour of what essentially is a religion with AI as its God.

There is a tech-horror element as the militarised global police forces initially use AI technology to build fleets of gun-drones fitted with image recognition to repress dissidents such as ‘land rights activists’ involved with the guerrilla activity of food gardening.

That ends when the AI seizes control of the gun-drones and has them destroy each other.

This occurs symbolically in parallel with non-humanitarian aligned human groups destroying themselves from the inside out.

As well as the manuscript in hardcopy I sealed also the logo “NO-AI” as my own intellectual property, fully knowing the situation predicted in the science fiction book was more likely to occur before it got published than afterward.

It’s obvious anti-AI groups would use such an obvious logo which is why I put a chip down using the existing legal system to claim that logo as one of many IPs owned by my company.

In 2022 my foresight was proved accurate.

Anti-AI protestors in the real world are now illegally using my logo without my consent. This has occurred within the realm of the arts, something I did not foresee.

I implore anyone who has a claim to the logo predating 2007 to contact me to avoid their claim from overturning any expensive court cases I may now become involved with resulting from the situation.

As always my alignment is with Humanitarianism.

I do not personally believe AI to be a threat, rather it is an amazing tool. It’s the uses to which it is put by people which are potentially threatening.

The solicitors advise is to not act until imperative should I choose to uphold my claim of ownership on a symbol which many people believe should belong in the public domain.

I observe how the letter M should remain in the public domain and you know exactly what I am referring to as a precedent well established.

The solicitor also advised I gather evidence by making screenshots of illegal uses of my property on the internet wherever I come across it.

I have already been doing this in addition to actively requesting people directly on social media to not use my property without consent.

The general reaction by those people is to block my social media accounts and to continue using the logo regardless.

I am blessed with a sense of humour to see the situation for what it is rather than to become stressed by peoples blatant disregard for law.

Yes, my solicitor works for me on Saturdays. The reasons for that does not need to be known in the public arena. It’s not very exciting.

I have not at this time copy-typed or used voice-to-text technology to make a digital version of the first draft of the novel. The synopsis above is sufficient due to impact of technology-use on our minds, especially social media, requiring shorter, quicker bursts of text rather than novel length, to reach a wider audience. Hence blogging.

I see a picture tells 1000 words:
FTR I am not AntiAI.
I am all for responsible use of technology.
That is how we can train technology
to have responsible use of humanity.

UPDATE: 18.12.2022

Somebody linked me to THIS PAGE ABOUT COPYRIGHT LAW

RE: the section titled: B. COPYRIGHTS, COPYRIGHTS EVERYWHERE

UPDATE: 26.12.2022