The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has enjoined Chinese company ByteDance to stop training its new AI-powered video generating platform Seedance 2.0 with copyrighted movies and TV shows from its studio members, and to take major steps to implement meaningful safeguards. In a cease-and-desist letter sent to ByteDance Global General Counsel John Rogovin, the MPA's ​General Counsel Karyn Temple wrote that time had come for “far more than general statements" from the AI company. The MPA is expecti...

The family and the Estate of Isaac Hayes, Jr. have settled the lawsuit filed against Donald Trump and Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., regarding their use of the song 'Hold On, I’m Comin' during the presidential campaign in 2024. "All parties stipulate to the voluntary dismissal of this action with prejudice with all parties bearing their respective fees and costs," according to court documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. In a statement, the Estate of the late songwriter, perfor...

Judge Arun Subramanian from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected in parts the motion for summary judgment filed by Live Nation Entertainment in the antitrust case initiated by the US Department of Justice and several States against the live music market leader. The February 18 decision cleared the way for a possible antitrust jury trial in Manhattan federal court, with jury selection scheduled to begin on March 2. The DoJ and some 30 US state Attorneys ...