Worth a Look

 Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Was it worth it? Edinburgh fringe acts give their verdict on the festival

Edinburgh festival 2023 | The Guardian: By the end of the Edinburgh fringe, anyone who has been here all month will tell you how tired they are. There have been highs – after a tentative return last year, most people feel the fringe has found its feet again and audiences are back in bigger numbers. But also lows – not all performers saw those audiences in their rooms and everyone mentions accommodation costs.

Posted by David at 8/28/2023 09:38:00 AM

VFX Workers at Disney File for Unionization Under IATSE

The Hollywood Reporter: Visual effects workers at Walt Disney Pictures have filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board that could allow them to unionize with IATSE. The news comes as Disney-owned Marvel VFX workers are currently organizing for their own union election amid the writers and actors strikes.

Posted by David at 8/29/2023 02:12:00 PM

Ripple effects from Hollywood strikes reach other industries

CANVAS Arts: The company had struggled for years, tossed around by pandemic-induced production shutdowns that began in March 2020. Last year, though, business for Valentino's Costume Group had finally picked back up. Hoping to capitalize on that good fortune, the shop moved in January to a North Hollywood space twice the size of its old building.

Posted by David at 8/30/2023 12:20:00 PM

Netflix Agrees to Pay Royalties to Creators of German Series

Variety: Netflix has agreed to pay creatives in Germany additional royalties based on the success of its local series productions. The performance-based royalties will be paid to talent working in front and behind the camera on German Netflix series. The payments will be in addition to wages covered by production companies and based on the number of streams made by the series on the platform.

Posted by David at 8/29/2023 02:10:00 PM

OpenAI disputes authors’ claims that every ChatGPT response is a derivative work

Ars Technica: This week, OpenAI finally responded to a pair of nearly identical class-action lawsuits from book authors—including Sarah Silverman, Paul Tremblay, Mona Awad, Chris Golden, and Richard Kadrey—who earlier this summer alleged that ChatGPT was illegally trained on pirated copies of their books.

Posted by David at 8/31/2023 10:13:00 AM