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WGA/SAGAFTRA Strike Discussion Thread | SAG Ratifies Contract
Jason replied to Eric Atreides's topic in The Speakeasy
Based on existing copyright definitions, no one would own an AI-generated script as is. If it were sufficiently modified by human writers, they would have sole copyright. -
WGA/SAGAFTRA Strike Discussion Thread | SAG Ratifies Contract
Jason replied to Eric Atreides's topic in The Speakeasy
There seems to be a mistaken impression in that the WGA is advocating for a blanket ban on AI/LLMs. It isn't. From: WGA Would Allow Artificial Intelligence in Scriptwriting - Variety So "undetectable" usage of AI-generated material by a writer isn't an issue for the WGA. What they are arguing against is the AI can't be treated as a writer by studios - that is, studios can't present a writer with material from AI and tell them to edit it, and then screw them out of a writing credit to save money. -
Minions: The Rise of Gru | July 1, 2022 | Illumination
Jason replied to grim22's topic in Box Office Discussion
This tweet thread has the relevant screenshots (not in the Guardian article): -
My dream home is just any home right now because affording a home in Toronto is a dream. T_T There are houses on my street smaller than the one pictured above that have sold for ~$6M. (Past two years have seen year-over-year increases of 30%+. Market has gone completely batshit here.)
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The absolute king of receipts.
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94th Academy Awards Discussion Thread | WHAT JUST HAPPENED
Jason replied to filmlover's topic in And The Winner Is...
I don't think the changes in question are likely to compel general audiences to watch the awards. If anything, replacing actual awards with other content is likely to hurt, because the point of watching an awards show, is you know, to see awards. If you wanted comedy etc. you'd just go watch that instead. Truth be told, most of the forces driving down viewership are outside the Academy's control. ABC should have a simulcast (with ads of course) be made available, because there's a whole generation of people out there now that don't have cable and sure as hell aren't going to get it for ABC's sake. As for the funding of the ceremony, it's a pretty small portion of the Academy's expenses. For example, in 2020 they spent $24 million total on all expenses specifically related to the Academy Awards; the revenue from their contract with ABC was a total of $128 million. They could easily continue to fund the Awards ceremony itself even with a dramatic reduction in revenue from the Awards; the largest chunk of the Academy's expenses ($50 million a year) is actually used to fund the Academy Grants program. They've also been running a surplus of around $30 to $40 million dollars a year for the past several years, that they've been using to build an investment portfolio, now worth over $500 million. AMPAS is not going to be in a position where they can't continue to support the Awards themselves. The risk would be having to make cuts to other expenses that I'm sure are very important to them, such as the Grants program. (Edit: all figures are from the publicly available tax filings of AMPAS; as a non-profit it is required that they be made publicly available.) -
The 2021 BOFFY Awards - WINNER REVEAL STARTS ON PAGE 14
Jason replied to The Panda's topic in And The Winner Is...
Thanks everyone! It's an honour to be included among the above company. The BOT community is great, and the mods were very supportive. I'm glad to have been able to be of some help. I'm optimistic that you-know-what doesn't have any more major tricks up its sleeve (fingers crossed), so should be wide open for you next year! -
The 2021 BOFFY Awards - WINNER REVEAL STARTS ON PAGE 14
Jason replied to The Panda's topic in And The Winner Is...
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The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread (December 2021 - July 2023)
Jason replied to Cap's topic in Numbers and Data
This was quite some time ago - pre-pandemic - but I still feel worth it's worth noting that back when I was playing Derby (2016-17) I looked at a lot of forecasts, and the Box Office Pro forecasts were, on average, the closest to actuals among publicly available forecasts. (The closest possible forecast over time was actually generated by a weighted average of the forecasts from different sites, but that's because there's a portion of the error in forecasting that is random - and therefore expected to average out to zero in a sufficiently large sample. Of course, that doesn't work for generating a de novo forecast. In a similar vein, an average of all Derby forecasts was almost always better than any individual forecast.) Granted, I haven't done this type of detailed mathematical analysis for a while (and definitely not since the pandemic made everything go to shit) but I still feel confident that anyone thinking the Box Office Pro forecasts aren't of least comparable accuracy to the others available is selectively remembering specific examples that weren't as accurate, rather than doing any kind of comprehensive comparison. (And apparently not too many forecasters were even trying in the pandemic era!) (cc: @Shawn) -
The 2021 BOFFY Awards - WINNER REVEAL STARTS ON PAGE 14
Jason replied to The Panda's topic in And The Winner Is...
I'm too lazy to attach all six, but I have Lend Me Your Voice at the ready, because reasons: -
The 2021 BOFFY Awards - WINNER REVEAL STARTS ON PAGE 14
Jason replied to The Panda's topic in And The Winner Is...
@The Panda Love the formatting! -
I'm sorry, this is definitely one I would've put on my list if I'd remembered. I am the wooooorst at remembering what movies I've seen without a prompt. Straight up when I made my list I combed through everyone else's lists and FYC's for reminders. Oh, and I looked at my top animated list since I had that ready already. So I left a ton of deserving couples off my list because I forgot T_T.