Public Policy & Legal
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Paramount Insists ByteDance Stop Use of Copyrighted Material to Train AI Models in Cease-and-Desist: ‘Blatant Infringement’
Allegedly infringed properties include South Park, SpongeBob SquarePants, Star Trek and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Bill O’Reilly Says He Can ‘Prove’ the Real Reason Democrats Want a Government Shutdown: ‘Ready for the Big Lie?’ | Video
“The rational conclusion about all these demands is the Democratic Party doesn’t want any enforcement,” the former Fox News anchor says
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Nancy Guthrie Update: SWAT Team Conducts Operation at Tucson Home
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department previously released an individual after detaining them for questioning on Tuesday
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Nancy Guthrie Update: Police Find Unknown DNA at Tucson Home
“Investigators are working to identify who it belongs to. We are not disclosing where that DNA was located,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Department says
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Disney Hits ByteDance With Cease-and-Desist, Claiming Seedance AI Tool Is ‘Hijacking’ Trademarked Characters
SAG-AFTRA and the MPA also issued statements against the generative AI tool this week
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Paramount Taps Former Trump White House Attorney Rene Augustine to Lead Global Public Policy
The former DOJ antitrust official will start at the media giant next week, reporting to Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim
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SAG-AFTRA Condemns ‘Unacceptable’ Seedance 2.0 AI Videos: ‘Disregards Law, Ethics’
The actors’ union says the new model from ByteDance enables “blatant infringement” on properties like “Lord of the Rings” and “Mission: Impossible”
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Megyn Kelly, Nancy Grace Slam Law Enforcement Amid Alleged Nancy Guthrie Evidence Clash
“Does he not realize what he is risking? He needs to go back to his basketball game,” the “Crime Stories With Nancy Grace” host says
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MPA Demands Seedance 2.0 Halt ‘Infringing Activity’ After Viral AI Video of Tom Cruise-Brad Pitt Fight
“In a single day, Seedance 2.0 has engaged in unauthorized use of U.S. copyrighted works on a massive scale,” CEO and chairman Charles Rivkin says
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FBI Ups Nancy Guthrie Reward to $100K, Confirms Male Suspect’s Height and Backpack
The new identifying details were confirmed after a forensic analysis of the doorbell camera footage by the FBI’s Operational Technology Division
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Disney Settles Streaming Data Suit From CA Attorney General for $2.75 Million
“Consumers shouldn’t have to go to infinity and beyond to assert their privacy rights,” Rob Bonta says
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FTC Accuses Apple News of Promoting ‘Left-Wing News Outlets’ While Suppressing Conservative Ones
“I encourage you to conduct a comprehensive review of Apple’s terms of service and … to take corrective action swiftly,” reads the letter from FTC chair Andrew Ferguson
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Instagram Chief Argues Social Media Not ‘Clinically Addictive’ in Landmark Trial
“There’s always trade-off between safety and speech,” Adam Mosseri adds
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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Meeting Ends Without Settlement, Stage Set for May Trial in New York
The feuding actors, who hadn’t been together in the same room in years, were ordered to appear and attempt to reach a pretrial agreement
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The Resistance Against the Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger Is Taking Root
Unions, trade orgs, and grassroots coalitions are working together to warn regulators of the damage any merger will do to entertainment workers
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