By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026The Hollywood writers' strike was an unqualified victory for the writers, who defended their *labor* rights to co-determination when it came to the use of new tools on their jobsite. 36/ 1351
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026Under the terms of their hard-fought contract, screenwriters don't have to use AI, but they can. For example, writers on a long-running sitcom might train an AI with every script in the series' history, so they can ask a chatbot continuity questions as they beat out a new season of the show. 37/ 1260
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026But they don't have to do this if they don't want to, and even if they do, neither their wages nor their headcount can be reduced. The media companies insist that scraping is a copyright violation, that it's "theft." As a matter of law, this is far from obvious or settled. 38/ 1313
