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Good morning, I'm Micah Finch. It's Wednesday, September 30, and this is your lol what dot net

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morning briefing. In Japan, a court has drawn an important distinction between a voice and the

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commercial identity it carries. Anime actor Kenjiro Tsuda asked for TikTok videos to be removed,

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alleging that their narration used an unauthorized artificial intelligence imitation of his voice.

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AFP and Fuji Television report that the Tokyo District Court

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recognized that a famous person's voice can be protected by publicity rights.

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Those rights concern the commercial appeal of someone's identity.

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The reported test focuses on using a voice exclusively to take advantage of that appeal.

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But the court dismissed the removal request because the account and its videos had already

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been deleted. TikTok had disputed the allegation, calling the narration a generic male voice.

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Recognizing that voices can receive protection

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does not establish that every similar voice

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infringes someone's rights or settle

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the disputed allegations here.

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For performers and audio producers,

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the useful distinction is between the legal principle,

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the evidence needed to prove a violation,

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and the remedy a court can provide.

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In this case, the material was gone

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before the ruling arrived.

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Australia's latest inflation figures need two numbers side by side.

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The Bureau of Statistics says consumer prices rose 4% over the year to August, up from 3.5%

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in July.

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The trimmed mean, a measure that reduces the influence of unusually large price changes,

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stayed at 3.6% for a third consecutive month.

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So the headline rate climbed, while that underlying measure held steady.

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Comparing the Bureau's contribution tables suggests transport accounted for roughly nine

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tenths of the increase in the annual headline rate, allowing for rounding.

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That is its share of the increase, not its share of all inflation.

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Housing remained the largest contributor to the annual rate overall.

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On Tuesday, before these figures were released,

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the Reserve Bank raised its cash rate target

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by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.6%.

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The bank cited energy costs

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and domestic capacity pressures

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while acknowledging a slowing economy.

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Higher borrowing costs can restrain spending,

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but they also squeeze borrowers.

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And interest rates cannot directly create

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more oil or housing.

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Today's figures help explain that policy trade-off.

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They do not tell us what the bank will decide

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at its next meeting.

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In the United States, the Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday allowing rapid deportations

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to countries other than a person's own, to resume pending a full review of the policy's

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legality.

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The order put on hold a lower court judgment that had found the policy unlawful.

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It suspended requirements for notice and a chance to object before removal.

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That temporary decision did not establish that the policy is lawful.

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The justices set arguments for December.

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Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Katonji Brown-Jackson would have denied the

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stay.

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Under the policy examined in the case, notice procedures depend on assurances from the receiving

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country.

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Reuters reported that people could be removed without notice, when that country provided

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diplomatic assurances against persecution or torture.

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Without those assurances, people would be notified of the destination, but officials

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would assess those protection concerns only if the person raised them.

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The administration described third-country removals as a way to enforce final deportation

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orders when people cannot be returned to their home countries.

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Lawyers for the migrants argued that people need a meaningful opportunity to raise individual

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protection concerns before being sent elsewhere. The court also agreed to examine whether the

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lower court had authority to hear the case and grant relief covering the group. Those

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questions affect both where people can challenge the policy and how broadly a court's decision

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applies.

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In football, a major disciplinary decision

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comes with an important distinction.

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Findings and penalties are separate stages.

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In a statement published Tuesday,

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the Premier League said an independent commission

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had found Manchester City guilty of all charges

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concerning serious breaches of its financial rules

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across nine seasons, and most charges

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concerning failure to cooperate with the investigation.

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According to the league's account,

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the commission found that commercial arrangements

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had overstated revenue and understated costs

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by more than 900 million pounds between the 2009 to 10

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and 2017 to 18 seasons.

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It also found that the club would have substantially

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exceeded spending limits if those arrangements

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had been accurately reported.

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Why does that matter beyond the accounts department?

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Compliance with financial rules depends

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on reliable income and expenditure figures.

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Making income look larger or costs smaller

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can make spending appear to fit

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within limits it actually exceeds.

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The league said sanctions would be considered in a separate hearing, and gave the club until

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Friday, October 2, to appeal the findings.

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Its rules allow fines, points deductions, and other sporting sanctions.

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That list describes available options, not an announced punishment.

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Tuesday's statement established the commission's findings, as reported by the league.

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It did not specify a penalty.

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Follow our live desk at lolwhat.net for verified updates.

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Turning to research, the European Commission has allocated an additional 500 million euros

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to Horizon Europe for this year and next.

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Austria's Europortal says the total budget for those two years now reaches about 14.8

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billion euros.

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The changes include research on biodiversity, energy systems, and skills, along with efforts

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to connect promising technologies to investment.

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One useful detail is that the biodiversity work will examine both the benefits and the

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impacts of clean and digital industries.

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Calling a technology clean does not answer every question about its effects on the living

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world.

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Those effects still need investigation.

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Two monitoring reports published alongside the funding announcement also describe who

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participates.

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According to the ERA summary, 55% of beneficiaries are newcomers to European Union research and

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innovation programmes.

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But the average newcomer participates in only one project, while more experienced organisations

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receive multiple grants.

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That points to a practical distinction between opening the door to research funding and helping

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a team sustain its work.

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The additional money expands what can be supported.

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The projects will still need to show what their methods and results can deliver.

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Finally, today's Right Livelihood Awards

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bring together work on legal rights,

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artificial intelligence, and the future of farming.

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The Associated Press reports that the recipients

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are Pakistani lawyer Jalila Haider,

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AI researcher Timnit Gebru,

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the Georgian Young Lawyers Association,

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and the Rural Women's Assembly.

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The foundation credits Haider with legal work

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for communities facing discrimination,

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and the Georgian Association with securing protections

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through the courts.

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Gebru, founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute,

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is recognized for examining the concentration of power

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in AI and its effects on communities facing exclusion.

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The Farming Award offers a particularly concrete example

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of preserving choices for the future.

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The Rural Women's Assembly

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works across 11 Southern African countries.

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According to the foundation,

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it has established 24 sites

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where farmers reproduce and preserve seeds,

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and has documented hundreds of local varieties.

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A seed collection is a living library.

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Its varieties need to be reproduced and kept available

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for another planting.

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Documenting them preserves a record

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alongside the seeds themselves.

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Today's prize recognizes that continuing work.

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These recipients use very different tools,

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from legal cases to research and seed collections.

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The common thread is making resources and protections

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available to people who might otherwise

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struggle to obtain them.

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I'm Micah Finch.

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Thanks for listening.