Writers hiss studios for "inaction" on AI training's use of copyrighted stuff

[Bob Jersey]

In a letter from both east and west-coast guilds to the heads of Amazon MGM, Sony, NBCU, Netflix, Paramount and WBD, they allege wholesale "plunder [of] entire libraries without permission or compensation"...

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/wga-letter-studios-ai-lawsuits-plagiarism-1236247494/ (link)

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[Kevin M.]

Yeah, this technology is proceeding at a pace faster than the industry can regulate (or even explain in lay terms). Nobody saw things escalating so far so fast, not the studios and not the companies developing the AI tech. 

What is clear is the amount of content theft and copyright infringement is egregious, and when the dust settles, these companies will owe billions in back-compensation. Unfortunately, it could be decades before the dust settles. 

Kevin M. (RPCV)

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