Peter Csathy is a WrapPRO contributor writing about the intersection between tech and entertainment/media. He’s a leading expert and chairman of Creative Media, a boutique media, entertainment and tech business advisory and legal services firm. He also serves as CEO of Deep Cuts Media, a music IP and catalog representation and advisory firm. His “Fearless Media” newsletter covers the future of entertainment, media and tech. You can reach out to him at peter@creativemedia.biz and follow him on Threads @pcsathy.
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The New ‘Cheap Fakes’ and the Coming Presidential Debates | Commentary
Prolific deceptive media may be coming soon to a screen near you
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Apple’s AI Intelligence: Safe, Secure and Ethically Sourced – Or Is It? | Commentary
Its “next big thing,” which Apple debuted this week to much fanfare, asks us to consider what these marketing slogans really mean
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Google’s Note To Self: Section 230 Saved You Before With YouTube, But May Not For AI | Commentary
The search giant’s new “AI Overviews” feature may lead to massive legal liability
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Media and Entertainment’s AI ‘Watch List’: 10 Tech Companies to Closely Track | Commentary
From Scarlett Johansson’s voice to Google’s AI Overviews to Apple’s “Crush” iPad ad, May showed it’s time to start monitoring ethically sourced AI.
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Scarlett Johansson Takes the AI Fight to Big Tech, and Big Media Should Follow | Commentary
The creative community has had enough with Sam Altman and Silicon Valley’s “take first, apologize later” strategy
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With Live Sports and Ad-Tier Flip-Flops, Netflix Shows Never Say ‘Never’ | Commentary
The streaming giant has shown it is not afraid to do a 180, and that unapologetic flexibility has served it well
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AI Copying Is Not The Same As Human Copying | Commentary
Artists have built on the creative blocks of others forever, but that’s a false equivalence. GenAI’s wholesale “taking” is entirely different.
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Microsoft and Big Tech Want to ‘Own’ Generative AI. Will Creators and the Feds Let Them? | Commentary
Look past the optics to see that Silicon Valley’s usual suspects are determined to control the fate of content. That’s not good for media and entertainment
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OpenAI’s Sora Shines a Spotlight on The Need for ‘Ethically Sourced’ AI | Commentary
The AI company reportedly trained the video generator on more than 1 million YouTube videos without consent.
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Without Content, OpenAI’s Sora and Generative AI Tech Are Useless. So Shouldn’t Artists Get Paid?
While tech unicorns are everywhere, there is a distinct lack of media and entertainment ones.
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Spotify and Penny Per Stream Royalties: Is the Cure Worse for Artists Than the Disease?
Steve Jobs created the music industry’s long-standing basic economics. Now Congress’ new proposed bill may actually hurt, not help, artists
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A 6-Step Hollywood Action Plan For Sora’s Generative AI Wake-Up Call
Here is an entertainment industry “cheat sheet” to minimize risks and maximize opportunities
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Sora’s Text-to-Video Shocked Hollywood, but It Opens Endless Creative Potential | Commentary
Creators can use the new tool to give their audiences creative elements to flesh out in the medium and format of their choice
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Streaming’s Super Bowl: Inside the Epic Showdown for Live Sports
Unheard of cash, unexpected partnerships and underlying daunting forces take center stage
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Tech vs Content: Behind the TikTok Fight With UMG Over Music Rights
The music giant pulled its IP from the social media giant – who will blink first?
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