Matthew Rimmer<p>'Tech overlord Sam Altman’s legal skirmish with actor Scarlett Johansson brings the blurred lines between artificial intelligence and the world it seeks to transform into sharper focus.</p><p>For those who missed it, Johansson is suing Altman’s OpenAI over claims he ignored her refusal to grant consent to use her voice in its latest ChatGTP release' <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/04/scarlett-johansson-wont-save-us-from-ai-but-if-workers-have-their-say-it-could-benefit-us-all" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/04/scarlett-johansson-wont-save-us-from-ai-but-if-workers-have-their-say-it-could-benefit-us-all</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/publicityrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicityrights</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/performersrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>performersrights</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/openAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openAI</span></a></p>
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Matthew Rimmer<p>The Blair Witch Project’s original cast ask for retroactive payments as reboot announced <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/22/the-blair-witch-project-original-cast-payment-residuals-request-rei-hance-joshua-leonard-michael-williams-lionsgate-letter" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/</span><span class="invisible">22/the-blair-witch-project-original-cast-payment-residuals-request-rei-hance-joshua-leonard-michael-williams-lionsgate-letter</span></a> <br>Actors Rei Hance, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams – who improvised most of horror film’s dialogue – claim they didn’t have proper union representation in 1999 and seek residuals. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/residuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>residuals</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/performersrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>performersrights</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/laborrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laborrights</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston leads actors’ strike rally in New York: ‘We will not allow you to take away our dignity’ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jul/25/actors-strike-bryan-cranston-rally-new-york" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/culture/2023/j</span><span class="invisible">ul/25/actors-strike-bryan-cranston-rally-new-york</span></a> Award-winning actor led a starry event with a fiery speech aimed at Disney CEO Bob Iger: ‘We will not be having our jobs taken away and given to robots.’ <a href="https://aus.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/laborrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laborrights</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/performersrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>performersrights</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Johanna Gibson<p>My latest piece “The nostalgia of copyright: how performers make movies, and other sounds of authorship” is now available in the Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property and it is free to access and download in the link below <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FilmSound" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FilmSound</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PerformersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PerformersRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Auteurism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Auteurism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TopGun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TopGun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IntellectualProperty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IntellectualProperty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LawProfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LawProfs</span></a> <a href="https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/qmjip/12/3/article-p307.xml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">elgaronline.com/view/journals/</span><span class="invisible">qmjip/12/3/article-p307.xml</span></a></p>
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