A months-long strike by screenwriters and actors recently brought all creative output in the world of Hollywood to a standstill. Skilled workers for the big and small screen were worried about seeing their legal and financial interests wrecked by the encroachment of artificial intelligence (AI). In the context of this grassroots movement, we ask two questions from the perspective of comparative law as we try to swot aside certain legal and judicial “figments of the imagination” in favor of the technical reality: What is the legal status of a cinematographic work? And what is the legal status of AI?
One month ago, Amazon swooped in spectacularly to purchase of Hollywood studio MGM for more than seven billion euros. What consequences are there for the world of cinema and its economy? Director of the MS/MSc Media, Arts and Creation at HEC Paris, Thomas Paris analyzes the scope of this event. He recently co-signed "The Economy of Cinema" (in French) with Philippe Chantepie, published by La Découverte.
What makes innovators famous? Creativity is commonly assumed to be a driver of fame. Another common, albeit more cynical view, is that being connected to powerful people helps people become famous. Mitali Banerjee of HEC Paris and Paul L. Ingram of Columbia Business School provide a more nuanced view. They find that innovators’ fame cannot be explained by their creativity but by having a diverse community of peers. Learn more in this interview with Mitali Banerjee.
An insightful study provides a response to the long-standing question of why people's creativity varies over time. It shows that the ability to generate new ideas is related to knowledge depth, knowledge breadth, and cognitive complexity and flexibility. The prominence of each of these factors varies over time, so fostering creativity depends on adapting stimuli accordingly.
