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If You Prompt a Movie or Song Into Existence With AI, You Shouldn’t Be Able to Profit From It
"Politicians should back legislation to prevent prompted generative AI outputs from being copyrighted across film, TV and music. The foundation of human creativity is at stake," writes the Motion Picture Sound Editors president.
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Lone Democrat on the FCC Wants to Keep Fighting
Anna Gomez says she'd like to be reconfirmed after a term speaking out against many of the FCC's big decisions: "I just think it's so important to our democracy. This is a moment in time where I feel I have to do this."
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Blake Lively Will Receive $400K in Attorney Fees in Justin Baldoni Case
The payout is far less than the $8 million Lively was seeking.
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‘Obsession’ Producer Files Lawsuit Claiming She Was Cut Out of Profits Despite “Rescuing” Cut
Producers James Harris and Mark Lane are accused by fellow producer Leonora Ann Darby of making compensation promises that they did not keep when the Curry Barker feature became a massive hit.
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If You Prompt a Movie or Song Into Existence With AI, You Shouldn’t Be Able to Profit From It
"Politicians should back legislation to prevent prompted generative AI outputs from being copyrighted across film, TV and music. The foundation of human creativity is at stake," writes the Motion Picture Sound Editors president.
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Lone Democrat on the FCC Wants to Keep Fighting
Anna Gomez says she'd like to be reconfirmed after a term speaking out against many of the FCC's big decisions: "I just think it's so important to our democracy. This is a moment in time where I feel I have to do this."
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Blake Lively Will Receive $400K in Attorney Fees in Justin Baldoni Case
The payout is far less than the $8 million Lively was seeking.
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Meta Agrees to Set Time Limits for Kids Using Instagram, Facebook in Major Legal Settlement
The tech giant is also calling on TikTok and YouTube to adopt the same policies.
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Everyone Wants a Paramount Settlement. First, Look Under the Hood
The acquisition’s financing depends on savings that the protections everyone wants would prohibit. That’s a difficult problem to solve.
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Taylor Sheridan Accused of Stealing ‘Yellowstone’ Idea From TV Writer’s Pitch
In the suit, Lauren J. Salkin claims the Paramount hit features a number of striking similarities to her proposed show 'Sovereign Nation.'
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Paramount Sued by Ex-Distribution Chief Chris Aronson Over Millions of Dollars in Pay
The theatrical executive had inked a new deal with the studio last year only to be terminated and replaced months later.
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Ariana Grande Granted Expedited Subpoena in Lawsuit Over Leaked Music
Grande first filed her suit in July, claiming hackers stole unreleased content of hers and sold it online on the dark web.
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ABC Sues FCC Over Threats to Broadcast Licenses in First Amendment Case
The FCC called the Disney-owned network's eight broadcast licenses in for an early renewal earlier this year and has challenged 'The View.'
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Round Hill Files $1 Billion Copyright Infringement Suits Against Suno, Anthropic
"There is simply nothing fair about a company using theft to build for purely commercial purposes a multi-billion dollar business while those from which they steal receive nothing," Round Hill said.
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Jeanie Buss Opposes Sale of Family’s Lakers Stake to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner
The move by owner Mark Walter to sell the NBA team is reopening a long-standing family divide over control of the team.
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Nick Reiner Frustrated By Lack of Access to $1.5 Million Trust as Star Lawyer Sits on Sidelines
The 32-year-old has yet to receive the funds, aside from token allotments for prison commissary purchases, after being blocked by a trustee citing a "slayer statute."
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Ellie Goulding Sues Former Managers Over Ties to Live Nation
Goulding claimed TaP Management failed to disclose it was a subsidiary of Live Nation, which she said created a conflict of interest.
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Paramount Demands That States Post $1.88 Billion Bond Amid Warner Bros. Antitrust Suit
The David Ellison-led company says that the state AG plaintiffs are required to post the bond “so that if they lose, the injured party has a source of recovery for the damage caused.”
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Counsel of Champions: Hollywood’s Top Sports Lawyers
Meet the attorneys who rep Patrick Mahomes, Caitlin Clark and Shohei Ohtani. They’re engineering the sports industry's biggest money moves, from a $10 billion Lakers sale to the legal groundwork for the 2028 Olympics.
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