More from Winston Cho
Robbie Robertson’s Family Feud: Inside the Late Rock God’s Inheritance Drama
On a rainy Nov. 15, 2023, a small group of music and film luminaries gathered at the Village Recorder, the famed studio housed in an old Masonic temple in West L.A. where everything from Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk to Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle was recorded. Among them were Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Lily Gladstone, Joni Mitchell and […]
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YouTube Creators Step Into Legal Battle Against OpenAI With Class Action Lawsuit
OpenAI has been sued by a YouTuber whose videos were transcribed and used to train its artificial intelligence system, opening a new front in the legal battle against companies leading development of the technology. With the lawsuit, creators on YouTube join sprawling litigation over the unauthorized utilization of copyrighted material to power ChatGPT. Creators who’ve […]
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Lawmakers Target Disney-Fox-Warner Sports Streaming Platform Over Antitrust Concerns
Lawmakers are ramping up scrutiny of streaming sports bundle Venu, with the aim of blocking the joint venture. In a letter, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) called on the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission to initiate a probe of Venu and stop Disney, Fox and Warner […]
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In Bid for Ads, Elon Musk’s X Declares Legal War on … Advertisers
Escalating hostility with major advertisers, X has sued a coalition representing big-money brands for allegedly coordinating a boycott of the platform in violation of antitrust laws. The proposed class action, filed in federal court in Texas on Tuesday, accuses the World Federation of Advertisers of conspiring with companies to withhold advertising on X due to […]
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When Is It Idea Theft? A Mattel TV Adaptation Trial Could Be a Case Study
Mattel didn’t steal the idea for reality competition show The Toy Box from a producer, who accused the company of ripping off his concept for an identical series that he pitched, a jury has found. The decision comes after a 10-week trial in Santa Monica that touched on standards for protectable ideas and when a […]
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Hollywood’s Divide on Artificial Intelligence Is Only Growing
The arrival of artificial intelligence hit Hollywood like an earthquake. It was 2022. Layoffs, cost-cutting and what appeared to be an inevitable strike from writers was looming and the industry was in flux. That fall, OpenAI released an early demo of ChatGPT in what became the first momentous moment of the tech entering the public […]
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Google’s Search Business Violates Antitrust Laws, Court Finds In Major Ruling
Google has been found to have violated antitrust laws by building a moat around its monopoly over search. In a ruling that could have sweeping impact in the digital ad market, a federal judge sided with the government in a landmark antitrust case over allegations that competitors were sidelined and customers got a lower-quality experience […]
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Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Its CEO in New Lawsuit Challenging Microsoft Partnership
Elon Musk is reigniting a legal battle against OpenAI over its for-profit pivot, this time looking to void the company’s partnership with Microsoft. The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of California on Monday, alleges fraud and breach of contract over claims that the Tesla founder was swindled when he invested roughly $45 million into […]
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Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Case Judge Calls Out “Deliberate Misconduct” By Prosecutors
The New Mexico judge who dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin has denounced the prosecution for misconduct, finding that it “intentionally and deliberately withheld” key evidence from the defense. First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, in an order issued on Wednesday, faulted prosecutors for “willful and deliberate misconduct” warranting dismissal of charges […]
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U.S. Government Expands Fight Against TikTok With New Lawsuit
In an escalation of scrutiny, TikTok has been sued by the government for violating a federal law intended to protect children’s privacy online. The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission, in a lawsuit filed in the Central District of California on Friday, sued TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance over illegally collecting personal information on […]
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Hollywood Basic Crafts Overwhelmingly Ratify New Deal With Studios and Streamers
Quelling fears of another strike in entertainment, Hollywood Basic Crafts coalition members on Thursday voted to ratify their unions’ new three-year deal with major studios and streamers. Each of the Basic Craft Locals saw overwhelming ratification by their respective memberships: LiUNA! Local 724 with 96 percent; IBEW Local 40 with 92 percent; OPCMIA Local 755 […]
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NFL’s $4.7B Loss in “Sunday Ticket” Trial Overturned
In a stunning twist, a federal judge has overturned a $4.7 billion verdict against the National Football League, whose broadcast model was found in a jury trial to have violated antitrust laws. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez granted the NFL’s bid to void the verdict, finding that some of the testimony from experts who testified […]
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