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Writers Guild Calls on Studios to Take “Immediate Legal Action” Against AI Companies
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Katie KilkennyImage from The Hollywood Reporter
scrn loglineWriters Guild demands studios take legal action against tech companies using their work to train AI systems without permission or compensation.beat sheet- The WGA claims tech companies like Apple, Meta, and Nvidia have 'looted' studios' intellectual property - scripts, dialogues, and other content created by union labor - to train their AI models.
- The WGA argues the studios' collective bargaining agreement requires them to defend their copyrights and the rights of writers, but the studios have 'allowed tech companies to plunder entire libraries' without permission or pay.
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Writers Guild Calls on Studios to Take “Immediate Legal Action” Against AI Companies
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Katie Kilkenny
scrn logline
Writers Guild demands studios take legal action against tech companies using their work to train AI systems without permission or compensation.
beat sheet
- The WGA claims tech companies like Apple, Meta, and Nvidia have 'looted' studios' intellectual property - scripts, dialogues, and other content created by union labor - to train their AI models.
- The WGA argues the studios' collective bargaining agreement requires them to defend their copyrights and the rights of writers, but the studios have 'allowed tech companies to plunder entire libraries' without permission or pay.
call sheet
Katie Kilkenny, Writers Guild of America, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Paramount Global, NBCUniversal, Sony, Netflix, Amazon MGM Studios, Apple, Meta, Anthropic, Salesforce, Nvidia, Breaking Bad, Twin Peaks, Academy Awards telecasts