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  • Amazon-Backed AI Startup Creates Orson Welles Fan Fiction
    September 7, 2025
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    Amazon-Backed AI Startup Creates Orson Welles Fan Fiction

    An AI startup, Fable, backed by Amazon's Alexa Fund, is using generative technology to reconstruct the lost 43 minutes of Orson Welles' 1942 film *The Magnificent Ambersons*, raising both technical and ethical questions. The project has not secured rights from the Welles estate, drawing criticism...

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  • Redbox's Next Move: Piracy Lawsuits
    October 3, 2025
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    Redbox's Next Move: Piracy Lawsuits

    Grove Street Partners has offered $100 million to acquire the IP litigation assets of Redbox and Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, shifting focus from revival to copyright enforcement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The assets grant the right to sue third parties, including Int...

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