Public Policy & Legal
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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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Nancy Guthrie Update: Person of Interest Released, Says ‘I Hope They Get the Suspect’
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department detained a man for questioning in connection with the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother on Tuesday, but he was not charged
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YouTube Argues It’s Designed for Entertainment, Not Addiction, in Landmark Social Media Trial
The company’s lawyers delivered the video platform’s opening statements Tuesday in California state court
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FBI Releases Image of Masked and Gloved Suspect in Nancy Guthrie Investigation
The 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie has been missing since Jan. 31
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Adam Schiff’s Proposed Bill Would Require Tech Companies to Disclose Copyrighted Works Used to Train AI
“Human creativity is the foundation of our cultural and creative economy,” the California Senator says of his CLEAR Act
