The stunning announcement on September 5 that AI company Anthropic had agreed to a USD$1.5 billion out-of-court settlement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by a group of authors was ground breaking in terms of its size, and goes to disprove the old adage that “the end justifies the means”.

Blasting a Wide TDM Hole in the Structure of Copyright is Not the Answer

Born into a family steeped in Indonesian filmmaking, Reza Servia was perhaps destined to find his way into the business one way or another. Along the way, his journey took him through the suburbs of Chicago and Atlanta, via New Zealand and software engineering, with a side quest into competitive e-sports.

As reported by TorrentFreak, Sci-Hub, the notorious pirate site for scientific and academic journals, has been blocked in India by court order after a 5 year court process.

Midjourney’s response to their lawsuit, and now to Warner Bros. is that they are not responsible for any copyright infringement that may occur. You see, it is the users of their service who are to blame. Not them.

In recent years, a steady stream of celebrities have turned to the courts to safeguard their public image. From Amitabh Bachchan, who secured sweeping protection over his name, voice, and likeness, to Jackie Shroff, Rajinikanth, and Anil Kapoor, who even succeeded in stopping the misuse of his iconic “jhakaas” catchphrase, the list keeps growing.

Let’s try to ditch hyperbole for a second and get to the heart of the matter, to something we might even call objective: Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is a movie that meets its moment head-on.

Weapons became one of the year’s most acclaimed box office hits, and while the film’s success was certainly by design, it still surprised writer/director Zach Cregger.

Grief makes people do crazy things. 

And sometimes that includes moving across the country after the death of your closest friend, befriending a 19-year-old college student, and lying about your identity.