• OpenAI lays out plans for GPT-5
    by rightstech on February 12, 2025 at 8:13 pm

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman detailed plans for the company’s GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 AI models in a roadmap published on X on Wednesday. In the post, Altman also acknowledged that OpenAI’s product lineup has gotten complicated and says that the company wants to do “a much better job” simplifying its […]

  • Hollywood writers say AI is ripping off their work. They want studios to sue
    by rightstech on February 12, 2025 at 8:10 pm

    When the Writers Guild of America approved a contract with major studios in 2023, ending a 148-day strike, the union became the first bargaining group to gain significant guardrails around artificial intelligence in Hollywood. But as AI innovation continues to advance, writers say they need more […]

  • The End of TV Is Here
    by rightstech on February 12, 2025 at 5:34 pm

    On March 2, one of the last pillars of linear TV will fall: the Academy Awards. Hollywood’s biggest night is a celebration of cinema, but this year it may as well double as a requiem for traditional TV. For the first time in the history of the broadcast, the Oscars will be streamed live outside […]

  • DeepSeek launch underlines value of news content to AI companies
    by rightstech on February 12, 2025 at 5:25 pm

    The release of the new R1 model by China-based AI start-up DeepSeek has a number of important implications for news publishers, cutting across the future economics of AI, the ability of IP holders to protect their rights and the risks that these technologies pose to the broader information […]

  • AI crawler wars threaten to make the web more closed for everyone
    by rightstech on February 12, 2025 at 5:21 pm

    Web publishers have responded to AI with a trifecta of lawsuits, legislation, and computer science. What began with a litany of copyright infringement suits, including one from the New York Times, has turned into a wave of restrictions on use of websites’ data, as well as legislation such as […]

  • Thousands of Artists Demand Christie’s Cancels AI Art Sale
    by rightstech on February 12, 2025 at 5:18 pm

    An open letter to the house signed by almost 4,000 people is demanding Christie’s bins its “Augmented Intelligence” auction, slated to run from February 20 to March 5. It’s billed as the “first-ever AI-dedicated sale at a major auction house.” Artists Kelly McKernan and Karla Ortiz, […]

  • AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds
    by rightstech on February 12, 2025 at 5:16 pm

    Four major artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are inaccurately summarising news stories, according to research carried out by the BBC. The BBC gave OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini and Perplexity AI content from the BBC website then asked them questions about the […]

  • Thomson Reuters wins an early court battle over AI, copyright, and fair use
    by rightstech on February 12, 2025 at 4:09 pm

    'None of Ross’s possible defenses holds water'

  • OpenAI spoke to government officials about its DeepSeek probe
    by rightstech on February 10, 2025 at 11:10 pm

    The ChatGPT-maker previously claimed to have evidence that DeepSeek trained its AI models using improperly obtained data from OpenAI’s API. During a Bloomberg TV interview on Monday, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, Chris Lehane, said the company has talked with government officials […]

  • AI Agents Are Now Trading IP Rights With Each Other
    by rightstech on February 10, 2025 at 11:04 pm

    While artists worldwide have been complaining about AI stealing their work, Story Protocol believes it has come up with a solution. The platform has introduced a system that lets AI agents trade intellectual property rights with each other, turning them into paying customers for tokenized IP […]

Rights Tech Blog

29
Jul

RightsTech 2016 Audio Recordings from Panels and Keynotes

Thanks to all that attended Digital Media Wire and Concurrent Media’s inaugural RightsTech Summit in New York City! Whether you were in attendance or not, we are happy to provide you with audio of some of our panels and keynotes from the event. Special thanks to 3 Pillar Global for the recordings! RESTORING REGISTRATION TO THE COPYRIGHT EQUATION PANELISTS: Robert Norton, CEO,...
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28
Jul

The Inaugural RightsTech Summit: Forward-Thinking Optimism, With Few Music Publishers In Sight

Forbes reports “Dozens of technology, law and music professionals gathered at the Japan Society in New York on Tuesday for the inaugural RightsTech Summit, determined to brainstorm how partnerships between tech companies and content creators could drive smarter rights management and monetization. The resulting debates were notable as much for their innovation and optimism as for who was absent. During his keynote,...
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20
Jul

5 Questions With: PluraVida’s Sam Gilchrist

As part of a new interview series on Digital Media Wire’s industry news site, RightsTech Summit panelist Sam Gilchrist talks about PluraVida, payment settlements, rights management, distribution solutions and more. Check out the excerpt below and read the full post here. Digital Media Wire reports “PluraVida is an emerging company at the forefront of the RightsTech movement for digital content distributors, focused on...
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13
Jul

When Content Moves Faster Than The Money: Paul Sweeting Talks Rights Technology

If you think attribution when the term “Rights” comes up in the context of digital media, then you’re missing an important piece of the puzzle as far as how tech breakthroughs have impacted content distribution. On July 26, Digital Media Wire (DMW) will present a Rightstech Summit in NYC to address this blind spot. For now, let’s chat with panel...
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6
Jul

5 Questions With: Benji Rogers of PledgeMusic

As part of a new interview series on Digital Media Wire’s industry news site, RightsTech Summit keynote speaker Benji Rogers talks about PledgeMusic, the music industry, the blockchain and more. Check out the excerpt below and read the full post here. Digital Media Wire reports “PledgeMusic is a direct-to-fan music platform that enhances the fan-artist dynamic from the creation of...
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