The Founders’ Case for Human Authorship in the Age of AI

Who should be eligible for the rewards of copyright protection? The answer shapes human activities across an entire society. From a republican perspective, human creation is worth promoting not merely for its outputs, but because a society of people who write, create, and invent is better equipped for self-governance. As law professor Jane Ginsburg explains, every historical justification for copyrights—natural rights, fairness to creators, incentives for innovation, inducements to disclose —presupposes a human creator. That was no accident.

Source: The Founders’ Case for Human Authorship in the Age of AI

Who Owns AI-Generated Content? Documenting the Creation Process Is Critical

Businesses across industries now use generative AI to draft advertising and website text, create images and presentations, generate software code and develop product concepts. As that use becomes more common, so does an increasingly important question: who, if anyone, owns the output? Copyright depends on authorship, which the Court has described as the person “to whom anything owes its origin.” In the AI context, that makes human authorship the central issue.

Source: Who Owns AI-Generated Content? Documenting the Creation Process Is Critical

‘There are no rules’: spotlight on Gossip Goblin as AI film-making enters new era

AI film-makers stand on the brink of a breakthrough that backers believe will unleash a new wave of creativity. A new cadre, no longer blocked by red lights from studios, feel liberated. They don’t care that the Oscars and the Cannes film festival have in recent weeks ruled AI out of the running for some of their most prestigious prizes. But the rising movement triggers despair for critics who fume about “ugly slop” and “AI sludge”, robots replacing human creativity and copyright piracy in AI model training.

‘There are no rules’: spotlight on Gossip Goblin as AI film-making enters new era

If you thought the US music industry was concerned about AI, listen to the Chinese

The Chinese music streaming market is facing “industry chaos” due to platforms allowing masses of copyright-infringing, AI-made tracks to fill up their catalogs. That’s the verdict of Tencent Music Entertainment‘s Executive Chairman, Cussion Pang, and CEO, Ross Liang, delivered during TME‘s Q1 earnings call on Tuesday. Their comments represent one of the most direct warnings yet from industry leaders over the damage AI-generated content is doing to streaming subscription businesses in China.

Source: If you thought the US music industry was concerned about AI, listen to the Chinese

SAG-AFTRA Deal Stirs Concerns on Artificial Intelligence and Pensions

SAG-AFTRA leaders are beginning the process of selling their new studio contract to the membership, amid lingering concerns about artificial intelligence and the merger of two pension funds. The deal, unveiled on Monday, allows studios to use synthetic performers only if they bring “significant additional value” to a project. It also requires studios to notify and bargain with the union if they license performances for AI training.

Source: SAG-AFTRA Deal Stirs Concerns on Artificial Intelligence and Pensions

The Demi Moore-AI Debate Is Missing the Point

Yes, celebrities are making all sorts of cringey comments on AI, but lambasting them for acknowledging the technology is here, likely already endemic, and even comes with some compelling use cases isn’t progressing the conversation. AI is currently shaping our digital and material lives in ways that are useful and exciting and noxious and terrifying, often through mechanisms that are mostly beyond the consumptive or creative purview of any one person.

Source: The Demi Moore-AI Debate Is Missing the Point

New AI Disclosure Standard for Film Launched at Cannes Film Market

London-based The Mise En Scène Company has unveiled Human Provenance in Film, a no-cost AI disclosure standard for the film and TV industry, opening consultation at the Cannes Film Market and inviting participation from producers and distributors through to insurers, platforms, and exhibitors, with a deadline of Oct. 31. The standard is offered under a CC BY 4.0 open license – meaning any producer, distributor, or platform can adopt and adapt it freely without fee or permission, provided they credit the source.

Source: New AI Disclosure Standard for Film Launched at Cannes Film Market

Demi Moore Says Hollywood Must ‘Find Ways’ to Work With AI

Demi Moore weighed into the debate surrounding artificial intelligence during the Cannes Film Festival jury press conference on Tuesday, saying that “AI is here” and Hollywood should “find ways in which we can work with it.”  Asked her thoughts on how AI is impacting the movie business, Moore said, “I always feel that against-ness breeds against-ness. AI is here. And so to fight it is to fight something that is a battle that we will lose. So to find ways in which we can work with it I think is a more valuable path to take.”

Source: Demi Moore Says Hollywood Must ‘Find Ways’ to Work With AI

Suno fights to keep Warner Music settlement terms away from UMG and Sony

A federal magistrate blocked Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment from obtaining Suno’s settlement agreement with Warner Music Group in April. Now, the AI startup is pointing to the labels’ “mischaracterization” of the ruling as they attempt to reopen the dispute. That’s according to Suno’s response to the labels’ objection to the magistrate judge’s April 6 discovery ruling.

Source: Suno fights to keep Warner Music settlement terms away from UMG and Sony

Federal Judge Orders Reinstatement of NEH Grants

The Authors Guild and other plaintiffs notched a significant victory on May 7, when a federal court in New York issued a permanent injunction against the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Government Efficiency. The court ordered the reinstatement of more than 1,400 NEH grants, representing more than $100 million in congressionally appropriated funds, canceled en masse by DOGE between April 1–3, 2025.

Source: Federal Judge Orders Reinstatement of NEH Grants

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