Peter Csathy is a WrapPRO contributor writing about the intersection between tech and entertainment/media. He’s chairman of Creative Media (https://creativemedia.biz/), a boutique media, entertainment and tech business advisory and legal services firm. His monthly “Fearless Media” newsletter (https://fearlessmedia.substack.com/) covers the future of entertainment, media and tech; and his weekly “AI & NFT Legal Update” newsletter (https://ainftlegalupdate.substack.com/) covers the AI and Web3/NFT ecosystems. You can also listen to his “Fearless Media” podcast (https://fearlessmediapodcast.buzzsprout.com/) and follow him on Twitter @pcsathy.
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NFTs Used to Be the Future of Entertainment – Could They Be Again? | PRO Insight
Scams and legal questions have tarnished the tech’s reputation, but no one’s come up with a better way to fix Hollywood’s problems with transparency and fair pay
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It’s Elon Musk’s World – We’re Just Living in It | PRO Insight
An erratic, amoral businessman controls some of the most sensitive aspects of global life
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Artists Face an Uphill Battle Against AI in Copyright Cases | PRO Insight
A federal judge is skeptical that training software on creative works constitutes infringement
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San Francisco’s Beating Heart Is on Display at Outside Lands
The City by the Bay remains a hub of creativity and innovation for the entertainment industry, and Hollywood should take note
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Creators Now Have a Voice to Counter AI | PRO Insight
The Human Artistry Campaign has hired Moiya McTier and is calling for a federal right of publicity as it lends support to the Hollywood strikes
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Watch Out, Apple – Another Disney Buyer Could Be Emerging | PRO Insight
With Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ return, Blackstone has a foot inside the House of Mouse
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X Marks the Spot for Elon Musk’s Race to the Bottom | PRO Insight
After he eviscerated Twitter, why would we give our financial information to the ruthless entrepreneur’s new super app?
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No More Mr. Nice Guy: Bob Iger May Just Want to Sell Disney and Be Done
The CEO’s uncharacteristic antagonism toward strikers may point to an M&A state of mind
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AI Music Isn’t New – Raymond Scott Invented It 60 Years Ago | PRO Insight
The famed composer and his Electronium give us clues to how to reconcile technological progress and human creativity
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Elon Musk’s Twitter May Be Well and Truly Zucked | PRO Insight
It’s hard to know which billionaire to root for in this fight, but Threads is a real and growing threat
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My Son Is Going to Film School – What’s the Point in an AI World? | PRO Insight
Computers already churn out facsimiles of movies, but human storytelling can’t be gamed via algorithms
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Forget the Headset: Apple’s Vision Pro Ushers in a New Era of Spatial Computing | PRO Insight
Tim Cook’s “next big thing” that costs $3,499 has an inherently limited market, but that’s not the point
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Keanu Reeves and BottleRock Show Us a Way Out of the Matrix | PRO Insight
Live music festivals show that shared, human experiences IRL still matter in an increasingly AI-driven and virtual world
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The Supreme Court Just Became Hollywood’s New BFF in Its AI Fight | PRO Insight
Narrowing the “fair use” defense to copyright infringement may become critical to protecting artists’ livelihoods as bots scrape their creative works
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Hollywood, Are You Team Human or Team AI? It’s Time to Choose | PRO Insight
Studios and writers: Decide now, before a chatbot generates the answer for you
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