Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Chicago’s theater community reacts to cultural arts ‘crisis’ report
Chicago Sun-Times: A devastating report last week on the crisis facing Chicago’s cultural arts community came as little surprise to people who work in the field and already have been dealing with the new reality for the past three years. “People are just not doing what they used to when it comes to the arts, and this study proved it’s true,” said Margaret McCloskey, executive director of Remy Bumppo Theatre Company.
Hollywood strikes having "massive knock-on repercussions" for film designers
www.dezeen.com: Designers working in the film industry have spoken to Dezeen about the "huge" financial impact they are suffering as a result of ongoing strikes in Hollywood. Set, production and costume designers described being unseen casualties in the industrial disputes that have effectively ground the movie and TV business to a halt since the spring.
US Senate Bill Would Prohibit AI from Stealing Likeness, Work of Artists
www.thewrap.com: The U.S. Senate is working on a bill to prevent the use of artificial intelligence to steal appearances or voices of singers, actors and other artists for profit. The bill, announced by four senators Thursday, coined as No Fakes (Nurture Originals, Foster Art and Keep Entertainment Safe Act), is supported by Hollywood creatives who have expressed concerns that their likenesses can be stolen by AI.
Apples And Oranges: The US Patent And Trademark Office Combined Copyright And Trademark And Nothing Good Will Come Of That
Techdirt: Last week I found myself assigned to speak on a “streaming piracy” panel that had gotten bolted onto an event otherwise focused on trademark counterfeiting, despite the latter being a completely separate legal issue connected with a completely separate legal doctrine.
A Web, Not a Ranking: Why the Kilroys Upended Their List
AMERICAN THEATRE: Once upon a time, there was a website update that theatre artists and workers would wait for each year, eager to see whose work would be included and whose wouldn’t make the cut. It wasn’t an award or a fellowship or a commission: It was the Kilroys List, a gathering of the best plays by unproduced or underproduced women, trans, and nonbinary playwrights. And it was, despite the anti-gatekeeping intentions of its founders, a powerful tool in the industry.
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