Janine Lorente
@jlorenteconnell.bsky.social
Independent consultant. Defends and promotes economic and creative rights of authors writers directors composers worldwide. Interested in politics democracy social justice
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Tech companies are pouring money into AI, and they’re not making it back. Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel on how everything could come crashing down: https://theatln.tc/QJfnnK6X
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Tech companies are pouring money into AI, and they’re not making it back. Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel on how everything could come crashing down: https://theatln.tc/QJfnnK6X
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“Artificial intelligence presents significant opportunities for Australia and our economy; however, it’s important that Australian creatives benefit from these opportunities too”
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Labor rules out giving tech giants free rein to mine copyright content to train AI
Attorney general Michelle Rowland shuts down contentious proposal to grant copyright exemption for AI models
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“Artificial intelligence presents significant opportunities for Australia and our economy; however, it’s important that Australian creatives benefit from these opportunities too”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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“Combining Warner Bros. with Paramount or another major studio or streamer would be a disaster for writers, for consumers, and for competition. The WGAW and WGAE will work with regulators to block the merger.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Writers Guild Says Potential Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Merger Would Be a “Disaster”
The union responded to reports of Hollywood bidder interest in the legacy studio by threatening to “work with regulators to block the merger.”
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“Combining Warner Bros. with Paramount or another major studio or streamer would be a disaster for writers, for consumers, and for competition. The WGAW and WGAE will work with regulators to block the merger.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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"Whatever lies behind Trump’s cupidity towards Putin, we should be long past caring why. The reality is settled fact. Putin has fewer cards in his hand than Trump supposes. One of those cards is Trump." My column. www.ft.com/content/7deb...
Putin’s mesmeric sway on Trump
Russia bets it can gain in US negotiations what it cannot win on the battlefield
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Whatever lies behind Trump’s cupidity towards Putin, we should be long past caring why. The reality is settled fact. Putin has fewer cards in his hand than Trump supposes. One of those cards is Trump." My column. www.ft.com/content/7deb...
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En cinquante ans, les Alpes ont perdu un mois d’enneigement. Et d’ici 2050, celui des Pyrénées va chuter d’au moins 60%. Réponse des stations de ski? Investir massivement dans des canons à neige.
Conçue avec La Revue dessinée, notre BD est en librairie demain!
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Conçue avec La Revue dessinée, notre BD est en librairie demain!
boutique.4revues.fr/common/categ...
La revue dessinée et Topo : revues indépendantes
Découvrez l'ensemble des numéros des revues: La revue dessinée et Topo, les offres d'abonnement ainsi que les livres proposés par Quatre.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
En cinquante ans, les Alpes ont perdu un mois d’enneigement. Et d’ici 2050, celui des Pyrénées va chuter d’au moins 60%. Réponse des stations de ski? Investir massivement dans des canons à neige.
Conçue avec La Revue dessinée, notre BD est en librairie demain!
boutique.4revues.fr/common/categ...
Conçue avec La Revue dessinée, notre BD est en librairie demain!
boutique.4revues.fr/common/categ...
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Filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie: “The future belongs to the writer-producer.”
October 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie: “The future belongs to the writer-producer.”
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Des pesticides et des substances pharmaceutiques relevés sur l’ensemble du littoral français
Des pesticides et des substances pharmaceutiques relevés sur l’ensemble du littoral français
De 2021 à 2024, les scientifiques de l’Ifremer et du laboratoire EPOC, rattaché entre autres au CNRS, ont recherché dans l’eau de mer et dans des mollusques la présence d’une centaine de contaminants.
www.lemonde.fr
October 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Des pesticides et des substances pharmaceutiques relevés sur l’ensemble du littoral français
www.advanced-television.com/2025/10/14/d... has achieved a 26.1 per cent ‘hit-rate’ – the highest in Europe and Hispanic markets – underscoring Spain’s efficiency as a producer of exportable streaming hits. Spain’s slate now accounts for 6.47 per cent of global non-English streaming revenue
Data: Spanish streaming titles have biggest hit-rate
ICEX Spain Trade & Investment and Parrot Analytics have presented data at MIPCOM showing Spain has achieved a 26.1 per cent 'hit-rate' - the highest in Euro
www.advanced-television.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
www.advanced-television.com/2025/10/14/d... has achieved a 26.1 per cent ‘hit-rate’ – the highest in Europe and Hispanic markets – underscoring Spain’s efficiency as a producer of exportable streaming hits. Spain’s slate now accounts for 6.47 per cent of global non-English streaming revenue
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"Three quarters of jobs secured by creative industry workers in the last 18 months came through a friend or contact, according to new figures released as part of Bectu’s Big Survey."
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Three quarters of creative industries jobs go to friends and connections reveals Bectu’s Bectu Survey
Three quarters of jobs secured by creative industry workers in the last 18 months came through a friend or...
bectu.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"Three quarters of jobs secured by creative industry workers in the last 18 months came through a friend or contact, according to new figures released as part of Bectu’s Big Survey."
bectu.org.uk/news/three-q...
bectu.org.uk/news/three-q...
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Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s new AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models: https://theatln.tc/vQSlfiyC
October 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s new AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models: https://theatln.tc/vQSlfiyC
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Taylor Swift turned masters ownership from a behind-the-scenes conversation into a mainstream debate about artist autonomy. But how has that fight influenced other artists in the music industry?
Taylor Swift popularized fighting for masters. Are more artists getting ownership?
Taylor Swift turned masters ownership from a behind-the-scenes conversation into a mainstream debate about artist autonomy. But how has that fight influenced other artists in the music industry?
n.pr
October 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Taylor Swift turned masters ownership from a behind-the-scenes conversation into a mainstream debate about artist autonomy. But how has that fight influenced other artists in the music industry?
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Who has the dirt on what Sam Altman is telling/promising agents and studios?
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OpenAI's new Sora video generator to require copyright holders to opt out, WSJ reports
OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora generator that creates videos featuring copyrighted material, unless right holders opt out of having their work appear, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Who has the dirt on what Sam Altman is telling/promising agents and studios?
www.reuters.com/technology/o...
www.reuters.com/technology/o...
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Trump announces 100% tariff on movies made outside of the US https://cnn.it/4gManmU
September 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Trump announces 100% tariff on movies made outside of the US https://cnn.it/4gManmU
Writers Guild to Members: Work on “Verticals” Can Be Union, Too
As underemployed Hollywood workers turn to mobile-friendly microdramas for job opportunities, the writers’ union is reminding members that this work can be performed under contract.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Join Jeffrey Goldberg and Ayad Akhtar in a discussion about how technology is redefining the future of art and humanity, onstage at The Atlantic Festival. #TAF25 bit.ly/4n0Uv2p
Ideas Session | Ayad Akhtar, Richard Ayoade, and David Letterman | The Atlantic Festival 2025
Join us for a series of fireside chats with cultural luminaries. First, the playwright Ayad Akhtar and Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg discuss how ...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Join Jeffrey Goldberg and Ayad Akhtar in a discussion about how technology is redefining the future of art and humanity, onstage at The Atlantic Festival. #TAF25 bit.ly/4n0Uv2p
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In the last few months, bands including Hotline TNT and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have pulled music from Spotify in a new wave of artist-led protests against the platform. n.pr/4p9uwXX
Musicians keep leaving Spotify in protest of CEO's defense investments
In the last few months, bands including Hotline TNT and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have pulled music from Spotify in a new wave of artist-led protests against the platform.
n.pr
September 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In the last few months, bands including Hotline TNT and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have pulled music from Spotify in a new wave of artist-led protests against the platform. n.pr/4p9uwXX
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A welcome move by China. Hope it is noted and discussed at Mondiacult at the end of the month. @jenniferdavidson.bsky.social
🤖📰 Effective YESTERDAY: China has mandated a digital watermark for all AI-generated content.
www.cac.gov.cn/2025-03/14/c...
Translating in 🧵.
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Translating in 🧵.
September 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A welcome move by China. Hope it is noted and discussed at Mondiacult at the end of the month. @jenniferdavidson.bsky.social
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Surging US electricity prices put Trump energy pledge in jeopardy, as his attacks on renewables, Biden's tax breaks and tariffs cause consumer bills to rise on.ft.com/4mXYXyl
Surging US electricity prices put Trump pledge in jeopardy
[FREE TO READ] Power demand is booming as generation costs are rising
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August 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Surging US electricity prices put Trump energy pledge in jeopardy, as his attacks on renewables, Biden's tax breaks and tariffs cause consumer bills to rise on.ft.com/4mXYXyl
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Learn what our CEO @keithkup.bsky.social and The Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger have to say to ‘Charting Gen AI’ about the ‘historic settlement’ agreed to by #AI company Anthropic on the #copyright suit brought by authors. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/anthropic-...
Anthropic agrees 'historic settlement' with authors who accused it of 'copyright theft'
Truce follows judge's landmark ruling in June that gave both sides reasons to cheer
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August 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Learn what our CEO @keithkup.bsky.social and The Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger have to say to ‘Charting Gen AI’ about the ‘historic settlement’ agreed to by #AI company Anthropic on the #copyright suit brought by authors. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/anthropic-...
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Finland builds fence at eastern frontier, now a critical Nato border with Russia
Finland builds fence at eastern frontier, now a critical Nato border with Russia
In North Karelia the border guard is training conscripts, the only road crossing is empty – but there is still some limited cross-border cooperation
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Finland builds fence at eastern frontier, now a critical Nato border with Russia