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Who are you following? / James Crane, Sugar23
I follow so many innovative thinkers on socials and LinkedIn, I thought I would start a "follow-swap" here. For most of us in the industry, times of big change can be stressful; but I've always believed they are also times of great opportunity. James Crane, Director of Partnerships and Growth at Sugar23 has been an…
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The Future of Hollywood Is Arriving Faster Than Ever
Interesting article as we come to the close of 2025 – Highlighting the Death of the old studio system The potential sale of Warner Bros. to Netflix symbolizes the final victory of Silicon Valley over the traditional "Big Five" studio era. Critics fear an "anti-monopoly nightmare" that will result in higher subscription…
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Copyright laws didn't anticipate AI/LLMs - will copyright soon be meaningless?
This ruling in favor of Anthropic’s claim that the fair use doctrine allows for use of copyrighted materials to train large language models (LLMs) is either a very narrow view of “fair use”—OR points to the idea that copyright laws just didn’t anticipate LLMs. Lawyer friends— Will copyright laws be amended to address LLMs?…
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Copyright in the AI era
Photographer #JingnaZhang won her copyright lawsuit against painter Jeff Dieschburg who used her photograph as the "inspiration" for his painting without permission, credit, or compensation because it had been published in another medium and existed on the internet. Luxembourg courts finally ruled in her favor after a long…