And legal struggles intensify for Hollywood; ‘SNL’ FINAL SEASON 51

The main episode “Daily variety“Podcast, Variety Journalists analyze a recent skak between Hollywood and key and companies in copyrighting looking forward in federal courts. An Ethan Shanfeld reporter also spoils who is inside, who is out and who moves among members of Live on “Saturday night live”, as Mainstai Late nightly entered such as basic night players for the season 51.

Gene Maddaus, VarietyThe high printer of the media, covered ai-liner in connection with AI on a free daily basis of 2023. years. He and Business Editor Todd Spangler cleverbs A recent settlement of $ 1.5 billion has reached a firm anthropic with the authors collection. They also examine the recent news that Warner Bros. Discoveri joined Disney and Nbcuniversal Its violation of the plant against AI company Midjournei.

Maddaus explains that the central issue in many disputes whether the use of existing protected works on training databases and databases and platforms based on violations of copyright law. Proponents in the field of AI claims to be in standard “Fair use” that limits restrictions that copyright owners can impose, especially in the context of journalism and media.

“The big question that people are trying to understand is a lot of people, certainly in Hollywood unions, including unions, who will be tapped,” “You will train it”. “The Legal Cases That We’ve Seen So Far Have Not Supported That Point of View. There Were Two Federal (Decisions) in June, Both Of Which Held That Fundamental, Ai Training Is Transformative and Therefore It’s Fair Use. That’s not an absolute license to go do whatever you want to do. But IT is a Pretty Strong Indication That Courts are looking at this as a transformative use that is not, inherently copyright protected. ”

Spangler notes that the greatest conglomerates Hollywood for entertainment to walk to the fine line of attempts to regulate what they see as ai, without limiting their own ability to use technology associated with AI in production and other jobs.

“Studies want to use generative AI, and when they make sense,” Spangler said. “By pulling these lines around this particular case (including Midjournei), they don’t want to bind their hands. “

Looking forward new NBC season “Saturday night live, which secretes 4. October, Shanfeld discusses a crazy dash that appears every year in a late summer among top funds and managers. When “SNL” Boss Lorne Michaels makes the final decision On new and return members, the effects are feeling in the area of ​​comedy.

“SNL” is a desired slot that was very looking for. But today promising comedy stars have many career construction options. This means “SNL” may not always be the right choice for those boring to get that call from Michael. The newly appointed “SNL” members of the main Live Veronika Slovikovska is the main example of someone who built a career from the prospects on social media.

“I talked to agents and managers who cut the clients who have decided that their career would not be on” SNL “,” we are “Shanfeld”. “We are produced less movies of comedy and fewer comedy, than it was 10 years ago. And to continue to believe that “SNL” is one of those of comical institutions that will be abolished every week. It’s really just (comedians) to be all these people can take away on your iPhone. It’s really (comedians) will they have to get to your iPhone with the internet. Only another study, but must compete with tiktok and instagram and every funny person in their bedroom. “

(Pictured: “Saturday Night Live” Star Sarah Sherman and newly appointed members of Left Veronika Slovikovska)