In recent months, studios have started to sue AI companies that allow users to generate images and videos of copyrighted characters. They characterize the alleged theft of their content as an existential threat to Hollywood.| The Hollywood Reporter
The ruling is expected to go down as among the most consequential court decisions of the digital media age.| The Hollywood Reporter
Ultra-realistic manipulation of digital imagery could open up new horizons for filmmaking, but lawmakers are only beginning to grapple with the issues and unanswered questions it poses.| The Hollywood Reporter
Makan Delrahim also advised Skydance on the Paramount acquisition.| The Hollywood Reporter
The studio is getting more aggressive about protecting its films from companies pirating them.| The Hollywood Reporter
"Piracy is piracy," says Disney's chief legal officer, as the studios aim to show that tools allowing personalized AI slop creations of characters like Darth Vader or Shrek run afoul of their IP.| The Hollywood Reporter
The actress accused the entertainment giant of discriminating against her for voicing certain opinions on hot-button issues.| The Hollywood Reporter
Amazon is asking a California federal judge to dismiss a suit over purchased Prime Video content, and it's arguing that when a user buys content on the platform, they're really paying for a limited license for “on-demand viewing over an indefinite period of time.”| The Hollywood Reporter
A suit challenges Prime Video telling people they can "buy" a movie when they're purchasing a license to watch it for a period of time.| The Hollywood Reporter
The suit alleges that the tech giant has been "deeply involved in the training, development, and commercialization" of OpenAI's GPT-based products.| The Hollywood Reporter
The tech giant says that Apple Cinemas is deliberately trying to confuse consumers into believing that it operates the movie theaters.| The Hollywood Reporter
Courts are wrestling with the legality of using copyrighted works to train AI systems.| The Hollywood Reporter
As Hollywood execs begin to test artificial intelligence, from using the tech to de-age actors to partnering with companies in the field to create AI-composed music, key players in the industry are pushing for regulations — or lawsuits.| The Hollywood Reporter
As AI generators like Midjourney are increasingly able to replicate movies frame by frame, it won’t be long until they can re-create the ‘Avengers: Endgame’ with an alternate finale. Will Hollywood just let that happen?| The Hollywood Reporter
Trey Parker and Matt Stone accused incoming Paramount president Jeff Shell of meddling in contract negotiations with Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix.| The Hollywood Reporter
Materials generated solely by AI still don't qualify, as courts have ruled that copyrights can only be granted to works created by humans.| The Hollywood Reporter
The ruling builds upon findings from another federal judge overseeing a lawsuit against AI art generators, who similarly delivered a blow to fundamental contentions from plaintiffs in the case.| The Hollywood Reporter
While a federal judge advanced an infringement claim against Stability AI, he dismissed the rest of the lawsuit.| The Hollywood Reporter
The suit marks the third legal action from authors, who take issue with AI companies using their novels as training data without consent.| The Hollywood Reporter
Copyright law doesn't recognize works solely created by artificial intelligence. But by incentivizing writers to participate in the creation process, studios have a better shot at getting that work protected.| The Hollywood Reporter
