FEARLESS MEDIA: The Future Of Entertainment, Media & Tech
Peter Csathy's podcast explores the future of entertainment, media and tech and features the entrepreneurs, executives, and creators leading the way - all with a healthy mix of mind, body and soul. Diverse stories, from diverse voices via Peter's expert analyses and exclusive interviews. Peter is an internationally recognized media, entertainment and tech expert and Chairman of Creative Media, a leading legal services and business advisory firm (creativemedia.biz). He is the author of several critically-acclaimed industry books and regular contributor to Forbes, Variety, TheWrap, Billboard, Consequence, TechCrunch and USA Today. Follow Peter on Twitter @pcsathy, reach out to him at bizdev@creativemedia.biz, and sign up to his "Fearless Media" newsletter (fearlessmedia.substack.com) and separate "AI & NFT Legal Update" newsletter (ainftlegalupdate.substack.com) - both on Substack.
Episodes
89 episodes
Is Thomson Reuters' Copyright Win A Fatal Blow to "Fair Use"?
Host Peter Csathy recently was a guest on Ricky Sutton's "Future Media" podcast to discuss the recent rejection of "fair use" as a defense to AI training infri...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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57:29
Is 100% "Ethically Sourced" Generative AI Possible?
In this episode, Peter Csathy's "synthetic" co-hosts discuss his most recent article that asks the provocative question, "Is 100% ethically sourced generative AI even possible?" Csathy's article lays out both sides of the argument - those who s...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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10:28
Does AI Dumb Down Creativity?
This discussion focuses on host Peter Csathy's latest feature article of the same name, which explores whether AI can ever create truly "original" and groundbreaking Art without humans controlling it as a tool to their own human creation. The d...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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11:47
Conversation with Eric Shamlin, Creator of Iconic AI-Generated "Holidays" Coke Ad
Host Peter Csathy recently was a featured speaker at ThinkLA’s big AI-focused event (ThinkLA serves marketing and media executives). Peter invited CEO Eric Shamlin of production company Secret Level to join him. Shamlin and his team created the...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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24:45
How Courts Will Assess Damages In Generative AI Copyright Cases
In this episode, based on Peter Csathy's article of the same name, Peter's "synth" hosts discuss the central issue of remedies and damages for winning rights-holders in generative AI copyright cases -- and, relatedly, how the courts will even b...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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13:27
Court Rejects AI's "Fair Use": Now What?
This episode is a discussion of host Peter Csathy's new article titled, "Court Rejects AI's Fair Use: Now What?" (generated using Google NotebookLM). Csathy's article discusses all the issues raised by (and ramifications of) Judge Stephen Bibas...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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12:25
Bombshell AI "Fair Use" Court Win for Creators & Media: What It Means?
In this special episode, based on host Peter Csathy's most recent emergency newsletter about the recent bombshell Thomson Reuters court ruling, Csathy's synthe...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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8:16
DeepSeek: What It Means for Media & Entertainment
This episode discusses host Peter Csathy's latest article about DeepSeek and its potential massive implications on the media and entertainment industry (not to mention U.S. generative AI developers). The conversation is hosted by Google Noteboo...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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16:36
Conversation with Andy Beach (fmr. CTO Microsoft): AI, DeepSeek & Hollywood
Host Peter Csathy of Creative Media sits down for a conversation with Andy Beach, former CTO of Microsoft's Media and Entertainment group, who just ...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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44:46
Volume Is Out, "Fine Tuning" Is In for GenAI Video Licensing
There was a time when “bulk” was the metric that mattered most to Big Tech for video content (“data”) needed for GenAI training purposes. In fact, those times were just months ago. “The more, the better!” was Silicon Valley’s mantra. B...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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14:26
AI Litigation Tracker (for week ending 1/25/25)
This episode features a summary and discussion of the latest developments (as of January 25th, 2025) in 10 key litigations brought by media companies and individual creators against generative Ai developers (on the issues of copyright infringem...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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19:10
AI Litigation Tracker (for week ending 1/19/25)
This episode features a summary and discussion of the most recent major developments in 10 key litigations brought by media companies and individual creators against generative Ai developers (on the issues of copyright infringement and related ...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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28:07
Generative AI & Copyright: Analysis of 10K+ Submissions on "Fair Use" (Key Themes, Sentiment)
Peter Csathy's synthetic co-hosts summarize and discuss the new exclusive analysis by NYU Professors Howie Singer, Joao Sedoc, and Foster Provost of the 10,000+ submissions to the U.S. Copyright Office commenting on the question of copyrightabi...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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14:03
10 Predictions for AI, Media & Entertainment in 2025
Host and AI/media expert Peter Csathy, Chairman of Creative Media, lays out his closely-watched annual 10 predictions for how generative AI will impact the world of media and entertainment in 2025.
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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21:53
Interview with Will Kreth, CEO of HAND - The World's First "Talent ID" Database for AI
In this episode, Peter features his exclusive interview with founder and CEO Will Kreth of HAND (Human and Digital), a company focused on developing the world's first standardized "talent ID" system for generative AI and more -- i.e., the first...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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45:31
Interview with ProRata.ai's Josh Freeman (About Its "Ethical AI" Approach to Search)
In this episode, host Peter Csathy interviews Josh Freeman, VP of Business Development of "must watch" company ProRata.ai, which sits at the center of the generative AI/content divide. The company has already raised $30 million at a valuation o...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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43:07
How The OpenAI Court Got It Wrong
In this episode, Peter Csathy's co-hosts discuss his new article titled, "Raw Deal: The OpenAI Court Got It Wrong - Raw Story Media's Lawsuit Was Wrongly Dismis...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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13:07
$1 Trillion for GenAI: So Where Are the Content Dollars?
In this episode, Peter Csathy's co-hosts discuss his article of the same title - including the key AI-related content licensing deals to date, and where things to be heading in the epic copyright infringement/"fair use" battles that increasingl...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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11:44
My Open Letter Response to Perplexity: A Discussion
Last week, host Peter Csathy wrote not once but twice about Perplexity in his "the brAIn" newsletter (here's article 2). And for good reason. He first...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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17:11
Perplexity Showcases 3 Paths to Generative AI Copyright Infringement
This episode gives a comprehensive overview of host Peter Csathy's deep dive article of the same name (link to article below). The discussion uses News Corp's new copyright infringement lawsuit and The New York Times' rece...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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12:29
Are Tech's Generative AI "Fair Use" Dominoes Starting to Fall?
Excellent discussion of host Peter Csathy's deep dive article titled, "Are Tech's Generative AI 'Fair Use' Dominoes Starting to Fall?" Based on Csathy's article (simply dropped into NotebookLM), Csathy's AI co-hosts discuss: (1) the...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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11:26
Newsom's Hollywood/Silicon Valley GenAI Balancing Act: How California's 17 New GenAI Laws Impact Media & Entertainment
In this episode, Peter Csathy hands over the podcast to his Google NotebookLM "synthetic" AI-generated co-hosts to discuss his latest article, "Newsom's Hollywood/Silicon Valley Balancing Act: California's 17 New GenAI Laws May Become the Natio...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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9:40
The Great AI Copyright Debate: "Fair Use" or Not? (As Voiced by Google's NotebookLM)
In this part 3 of his Google NotebookLM podcast series, host Peter Csathy enables his "synthetic" AI-generated guest hosts to discuss "the great AI copyright debate: fair use, or not?" Csathy generated this episode by simply uploading the text ...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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9:16
Google's NotebookLM AI Hosts Discuss Themselves: The Results Are Fascinating (& Scary Good)
In this Part 2 to host Peter Csathy's Google NotebookLM generated podcast series, NotebookLM's "synthetic" AI-generated co-hosts discuss themselves - i.e., what their AI-generated personas mean for creativity, art and society. The result is fas...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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7:40
Google's New NotebookLM: AI Generated Podcast Demo Featuring Creative Media
Google just launched NotebookLM, an amazing new content generating AI wunder-app that, in Google’s words, is designed to be “your personalized AI research assistant.” NotebookLM can do many things, but its audio podcast generating feature is wh...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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9:01