December, 2022

Copyright Office Sets Sights on Artificial Intelligence in 2023

The US Copyright Office over the next year will focus on addressing legal gray areas that surround copyright protections and artificial intelligence, amid increasing concerns that IP policy is lagging behind technology. The agency is standing by its decision that a copyright can’t be registered for a work created exclusively by an AI—an issue at the heart of an ongoing lawsuit against the office. However, the office is exploring open questions on copyright registration for works created by humans in conjunction with AI.

Source: Copyright Office Sets Sights on Artificial Intelligence in 2023

Here’s how sweeping legal changes will affect content creators in 2023 

The past year brought about changes to internet laws and regulations in the European Union, as well as challenges to laws in the United States that will begin to take shape throughout 2023. Additionally, regulatory authorities have continued exercising their control in new and emerging areas, dropping penalties and warnings on both creators and brands.

Source: Here’s how sweeping legal changes will affect content creators in 2023 – Tubefilter

Manchester United and Tezos Foundation Accused of NFT Copyright Infringement

After debuting its NFT collectibles earlier this month, popular football club Manchester United Ltd Cl A (NYSE: MANU)  and its official blockchain provider Tezos Foundation have been accused of copying monsters’ NFT traits belonging to Lucrece. The 7,777 digital collectibles announced by Manchester United are said to share most of their unique traits with Lucrece’s monster artwork.

Source: Manchester United and Tezos Foundation Accused of NFT Copyright Infringement

Sherlock Holmes will finally escape copyright this weekend

This weekend’s Public Domain Day will give our cultural commons a few particularly notable new works. As outlined by Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, the start of 2023 will mark the end of US copyrights on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s final Sherlock Holmes stories — along with the seminal science fiction movie Metropolis, Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, and the first full-length “talkie” film The Jazz Singer.

Source: Sherlock Holmes will finally escape copyright this weekend

Metaverse off to ominous start after VR headset sales shrank in 2022

Over a year after changing his company’s name to Meta and committing to spend billions of dollars developing the metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg’s bet on virtual reality is no closer to paying off. Sales of VR headsets in the U.S. this year declined 2% from a year earlier to $1.1 billion as of early December, according to data shared with CNBC by research firm NPD Group. Facebook’s advertising business generates that much revenue about every three days.

Source: Metaverse off to ominous start after VR headset sales shrank in 2022

2022: the year we sobered up about the metaverse

The metaverse, as it was described to many of us in 2021, is going to be something like the next big evolution of the internet: a virtual public space where you can work, play, shop, create, and hang with friends (their avatars). The websites and platforms we experience in 2D on our screens today will become immersive 3D destinations. But in 2022 reality set in that the metaverse, as originally defined, is a very hard thing to build and probably won’t happen anytime soon.

Source: 2022: the year we sobered up about the metaverse

Media’s Annus Horribilis: Investors Batter Shares of Disney, Netflix, WB Discovery, Amazon and More in 2022

From Disney to Netflix to Warner Bros. Discovery, media and tech stocks were pummeled in 2022 as faith in streaming waned, global subscriber growth stalled and macroeconomic concerns forced a reckoning on content spending for entertainment’s largest players. Unfortunately, the 2023 picture doesn’t look any better so far.

Source: Media’s Annus Horribilis: Investors Batter Shares of Disney, Netflix, WB Discovery, Amazon and More in 2022

Hollywood Doesn’t Have to Worry About A.I. Yet — but Should Embrace It 

This has been a year loaded with dramatic uncertainty for the industry, from the wild oscillations of the streaming market to the bombardment of doom-and-gloom prognoses for arthouse cinema. But these ephemeral dramas have nothing on the fear of encroaching A.I. I’ve found that there’s an optimistic spin to this rise of the machines that should reassure artists who feel like they’re under fire, at least for now.

Source: Hollywood Doesn’t Have to Worry About A.I. Yet — but Filmmakers Should Embrace It (Column)

Hollywood Remains Human In 2022. But Chat GPT’s AI Threat Is Real 

Google gives us endless pages of links to existing data in response to our specific search requests. Chat GPT, on the other hand, is “generative,” creating something entirely new based on our open-ended questions or prompts. And it does this in seconds, in shockingly elegant prose. The potential impact of this power is mind-boggling and should not be underestimated. It will transform all of our lives, including for those of us in the arts. And I’m not being hyperbolic.

Source: Hollywood Remains Human In 2022. But Chat GPT’s AI Threat Is Real (& Will Transform Media).

ChatGPT Explains Why AIs like ChatGPT Should Be Regulated

At first glance, ChatGPT may seem like any other chatbot or language model. However, its ability to generate human-like text and respond to a wide range of topics with high levels of fluency and coherence sets it apart from other language models. This level of sophistication raises concerns about the potential for ChatGPT to be used for nefarious purposes, such as impersonating individuals or spreading misinformation. Given these concerns, it’s important that ChatGPT be subject to some form of regulation.

Source: ChatGPT Explains Why AIs like ChatGPT Should Be Regulated

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