"I sell my soul - but at the highest rates."

🔗📼 Harlan Ellison 18 years ago #PayTheWriter

Had cause to post this today - again - on a LinkedIN feed.

Harlan Ellison -- Pay the Writer

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"I sell my soul - but at the highest rates."

🔗📼 Harlan Ellison 18 years ago #PayTheWriter

Had cause to post this today - again - on a LinkedIN feed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5IV23g-fE

Harlan Ellison -- Pay the Writer

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"I use internet search engines to find all sorts of things—recipes, videos on bike maintenance, news stories. Platforms like Google, Facebook and Instagram earn revenue thanks to my clicks and yours. That does not transfer to the people behind all of that content they direct me to….by investing in #AI, it may well advance the erosion of journalistic institutions. ” - Sara Rubin, #MontereyCountyNow https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/by-dropping-a-bill-that-would-have-forced-big-tech-to-share-profits-with-journalists/article_25a0bc64-6a4f-11ef-acd0-33e4b234c38e.html #videographers, #photographers, #FactCheckers, #writers, #editors, #authors, #journalists #labor #PayTheWriter

After five days of negotiations with studios and streaming services, WGA says it has an ‘exceptional’ deal for members to vote on

#WGAStrike #PayTheWriter

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/25/hollywood-writers-strike-end-wga-deal-details-negotiations

Hollywood writers’ strike: WGA reaches ‘tentative’ deal to end 146-day strike

After five days of negotiations with studios and streaming services, union says it has an ‘exceptional’ deal for members to vote on

The Guardian
Paying royalties to writers is one of the most AWESOME things about taking our stories offline and selling them as print chapbooks. Boy howdy, it feels great! #paythewriter #indiepublishing

A new lawsuit against ChatGPT creator OpenAI is alleging that the buzzy Silicon Valley firm's AI training practices violated the privacy and copyright of — well, of pretty much everyone who's ever posted anything online.

#WritingCommunity #Writing #PayTheWriter

https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-sued-train-ai

OpenAI Sued for Using Everybody's Writing to Train AI

A new lawsuit is alleging that OpenAI violated individual data privacy and copyright by using scraped data to train its AI language model.

Futurism

U.S. technology companies have said the proposals [C18] are unsustainable for their businesses.

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Meta and Google were using “bullying tactics” as they campaign against the legislation.

#Canada #C18 #Tech #Meta #Google #PayTheWriter #PayTheCreative

https://globalnews.ca/news/9787155/meta-canada-facebook-instagram-news-access/

Meta to end access to news on Facebook, Instagram in Canada

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Meta and Google were using "bullying tactics" as they campaign against the legislation.

Global News
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This is absolutely incredible. The most amazing case of "Starting/Going" I've ever seen. Beyond parody. My gob is truly smacked.

Six unions, including the newsroom, are currently on strike against the Post-Gazette over unfair wages and bargaining practices.

#Solidarity #NWU #paythewriter