formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
The companies were told they should win clearance if they cut ties with Universal Pictures on movie distribution in several EU countries. Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/paramount-to-amend-111b-warner-bros-deal-to-win-eu-green-light/
Midjourney argued that training AI with publicly available images is fair use and that the studios themselves use the same training practices for their own AI models. Source: https://www.engadget.com/2207936/midjourney-wants-studios-that-sued-show-court-ai-use/
U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy cited concerns around the plurality of views in news media, and consolidation in on-demand programming. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/uk-may-try-stop-paramount-warner-bros-discovery-deal-1236633743/
As Disney and other studios retrofit beloved franchises with ideological messaging, audiences are turning away, leaving Star Wars, Marvel and the remake machine exposed to a new box-office reality. Source: https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/culture/artc-go-woke-go-broke-the-collapse-of-star-wars-and-the-failure-of-hollywood-s-studio-model
With a $50 billion OpenAI deal just closed, the exit from the movie represents the starkest example of Big Tech siding with business interests over creative freedom. Source: https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/amazon-mgm-dumps-a-sam-altman-biopic-as-big-tech-crosses-a-line-in-hollywood-analysis/
After two years of strikes, protests and splashy deals, the industry’s AI question has changed. It is no longer whether studios will work with AI companies. It is whether they can build AI they own, govern and defend. Source: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/hollywood-studios-spending-ai-control-082748011.html