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Hollywood calls the lawyers

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/18/how-openai-dodged-hollywood-on-sora-2/

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Sources:

• OpenAI's New Video Tool Features User-Generated 'South Park,' 'Dune' Scenes. Will Studios Sue? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/openai-movies-tv-shows-lawsuits-legal-risk-1236391327/
• WME to OpenAI: All Our Clients Are Opting Out of Sora 2 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wme-openai-clients-opting-sora-2-1236393344/
• How Sam Altman Played Hollywood https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sam-altman-openai-sora-agencies-talent-1236401618/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Veo 3 fails https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL98oWtF_ZiUbOPT7iudcRXQnGv9bBdtZF
• Anthropic AI wins broad fair use for training! — but not on pirated books https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/24/anthropic-wins-broad-fair-use-for-training-but-not-on-pirated-books/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwoScPzTWiA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• OpenAI does deals to make a deal — and the money is getting worried https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/10/openai-does-deals-to-make-a-deal-and-the-money-is-getting-worried/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLvT2k9qmA0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• ChatGPT sales are flat — so Altman offers OpenAI adult chat https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/17/chatgpt-sales-are-flat-so-altman-offers-openai-adult-chat/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzFVuQl7xp8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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