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Ryan W. Mead

@rwmead
7 posts
2025-12-11
Well, speak of the Maleficent: on the exact same day Disney signed a huge deal to allow OpenAI to legally use their characters in AI-generated images, the same attorney representing them in their two AI lawsuits has sent an angry letter to Google: variety.com/2025/digital...
2025-12-11 View on X
OpenAI

Disney and OpenAI sign a three-year deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora; Disney makes a $1B investment in OpenAI and will become a major OpenAI client

Agreement marks a significant step in setting meaningful standards for responsible AI in entertainment.

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Well, speak of the Maleficent: on the exact same day Disney signed a huge deal to allow OpenAI to legally use their characters in AI-generated images, the same attorney representing them in their two AI lawsuits has sent an angry letter to Google: variety.com/2025/digital...
2025-12-11 View on X
Variety

Disney sends Google a cease-and-desist letter, accusing Google of “massive scale” copyright infringement and using AI to “exploit and distribute” the content

Disney sends cease-and-desist letter to internet giant  —  As Disney has gone into business with OpenAI …

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2024-07-31
The Animation Guild will be holding a public rally on August 10, two days before contract negotiations begin. The two major concerns are layoffs, with 1/3 of its membership having been laid off in the past year, and protections against replacement with AI: https://www.animationmagazine.net/ ...
2024-07-31 View on X
New York Times

Interviews with Hollywood sound and picture editors, artists, and others detail their fears of AI replacing much of their work, despite a new IATSE contract

or that they already are. https://www.nytimes.com/... Ryan W. Mead / @rwmead : The New York Times also covered the IATSE giving in to studio demands to allow AI in its new contract...

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The New York Times also covered the IATSE giving in to studio demands to allow AI in its new contract much to the dismay of its members and if, as an IATSE member union, TAG will be similarly affected: https://www.nytimes.com/...
2024-07-31 View on X
New York Times

Interviews with Hollywood sound and picture editors, artists, and others detail their fears of AI replacing much of their work, despite a new IATSE contract

or that they already are. https://www.nytimes.com/... Ryan W. Mead / @rwmead : The New York Times also covered the IATSE giving in to studio demands to allow AI in its new contract...

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2023-08-14
As much as I hate siding with the music industry on this one, regardless of whose side you were on in the Internet Archive's lending library case, this “Great 78 Project” is an even more blatant and clear-cut thievery of easily accessible content: https://www.reuters.com/...
2023-08-14 View on X
Reuters

UMG, Sony Music, and other labels sue the Internet Archive for copyright infringement, saying its Great 78 Project works as an “illegal record store” for songs

Who benefits?  —  https://www.reuters.com/... John Sullivan / @johns@social.librem.one : Did these record labels really just argue that because something is available on a *streami...

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2023-08-13
As much as I hate siding with the music industry on this one, regardless of whose side you were on in the Internet Archive's lending library case, this “Great 78 Project” is an even more blatant and clear-cut thievery of easily accessible content: https://www.reuters.com/...
2023-08-13 View on X
Reuters

UMG, Sony Music, and other labels sue the Internet Archive for copyright infringement, saying its Great 78 Project works as an “illegal record store” for songs

Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), Sony Music Entertainment (6758.T) and other record labels on Friday sued …

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2023-06-15
Most major social media sites have licensing agreements to use copyrighted music. Twitter is the lone holdout, and is being sued in the state of Tennessee for refusal to license music and multiple violations both before and during Elon Musk's takeover: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
2023-06-15 View on X
Bloomberg

The US National Music Publishers' Association sues Twitter, alleging the company violates the copyright of songwriters by using ~1,700 songs without permission

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg :

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