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The Deal That Ended the SAG-AFTRA Strike

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The 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, spanning 118 days, marked a significant period of negotiation and conflict and highlighted the importance of the evolving digital entertainment landscape and the use of new technologies in work...more

Weintraub Tobin

Podcast - The Briefing: The AI Copyright Conundrum Continues – An Update

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A recent article in The Hollywood Reporter explores TV and movie studios’ potential use of AI for generating scripts. Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg discuss this and other statements in the article on this episode of The...more

Weintraub Tobin

The Briefing: The AI Copyright Conundrum Continues – An Update

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A recent article in The Hollywood Reporter explores TV and movie studios’ potential use of AI for generating scripts. Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg discuss this and other statements in the article on this episode of The...more

Ius Laboris

Actors strike over pay and AI

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Actors and screenwriters in the US are on strike, seeking better pay and protections around the use of AI in their industry. Actors in the United States began strike action on 14 July in a dispute with studios over pay,...more

International Lawyers Network

The Paraskavedekatriaphobia Precedent: Why Friday The 13th Decision Raises Fear Of Slashing Long-Held Copyrights

Admittedly, the second word in that title is a mouthful—but Paraskavedekatriaphobia is a real word, with an etymology and definition. It even has a synonym, friggatriskaidekaphobia. Each means “fear of Friday the...more

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Nevada Screenwriter Claims Gone Girl Was Her Idea

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On January 17, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. (“Twentieth Century”) argued that a copyright infringement claim relating to the hit novel and film, Gone Girl, should be thrown out. ...more

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When Is Making A Movie Not An Act Of Free Speech?

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I admit that the title of this article may be a bit deceiving. Making films, like any other production of art, is almost always an act of free speech. However, the Ninth Circuit was recently faced with a dilemma of...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 124, The Oscars and Compliance, Part I with Jay Rosen

In this episode I begin a five-part series on the Oscars and Compliance with recovering Hollywood screenwriter Jay Rosen. In this Part I, we review the process by which films are nominated for the Oscars and the campaigns...more

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