Protege Media Is Licensing Video to Train AI — What It Means for Film & TVÂ
Film, TV and other video content producers and rights owners are already licensing content for AI training. The size of the market is hard to quantify, but at least some of the activity is being enabled by AI data brokers — an emerging crop of companies that have been aggregating content, preparing datasets and negotiating […]
Why Gen AI in Content Production Poses Legal Risks to StudiosÂ
For film and TV studios, the pursuit of AI workflows in content production requires an intricate risk analysis. Legal and rights clearance advisers are now front and center in defining production best practices to prevent or limit liability, including conducting due diligence on off-the-shelf AI models or tools and approving or restricting specific ways in […]
Sora Pressures Hollywood to Plot AI Licensing Future
The arrival of OpenAI’s Sora is forcing Hollywood to confront generative AI more urgently. While lawsuits are being considered, studios also need to figure out the future of licensing with AI companies, even beyond OpenAI, the creator of the controversial video-generation app. “If I were a major media company, I would certainly be asking my lawyers about […]
How Sora Is Prompting Hollywood to Reassess Its Relationship With Big AI
What has hit Hollywood hard since the launch of the Sora app late last month should have at least started to become apparent back in April, when the Studio Ghibli trend gripped ChatGPT.
What’s Driving the Animated TV Series Falloff?
Animated series have endured a boom-and-bust cycle in recent years.