"Nice catalog of stories, characters, and intellectual property you have there. We'll be taking it now. That appears to be what OpenAI is saying to Hollywood: The Wall Street Journal reports that the company behind ChatGPT has been telling studios and talent agencies that a new version of its Sora video creator will produce work based on Hollywood characters and other copyrighted work - without getting explicit permission from the rights holders."
"If studios or other copyright owners have a problem with that, they can go ahead and tell OpenAI that they want to opt out, WSJ reports. But they'll have to do that via a laborious, case-by-case basis. All of which means OpenAI seems to be trying to rewrite copyright law, on the fly: Your stuff is our stuff, for free - unless you tell us otherwise."
"Caveat: It's still unclear to me exactly how far OpenAI thinks it can go here. Could someone go ahead and tell Sora to "recreate the Cantina scene from 'Star Wars'" - or will it just allow them to use prompts like "make a new scene using characters and settings similar to the Cantina scene from 'Star Wars?'" But any version of that will still be a nightmare for content owners,"
OpenAI intends to allow a new version of its Sora video creator to produce content based on Hollywood characters and other copyrighted works without obtaining explicit permission from rights holders. Studios and talent agencies must opt out individually and case-by-case to prevent use of their intellectual property. The opt-out process is laborious and could disadvantage content owners. The approach would effectively repurpose copyrighted material for AI-generated content unless rights holders proactively object. If upheld legally, the practice could transform media business models and copyright norms. The precise limits of permissible prompting and recreation remain unclear.
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