A coalition of organizations representing creative talent across music, film, TV, performing arts and creative writing filed amicus briefs last week siding with the New York Times in its case against OpenAI and Microsoft, supporting the argument that AI firms should not be allowed to use publishers' material to train their large language models. Hollywood stars including Anne Hathaway, Bette Midler and Madonna voiced support in a brief filed by The Human Consent Foundation, which includes CAA and coalitions representing musical artists, voice actors and writers. The Recording Industry Association of America, National Music Publishers' Association, ASCAP and BMI filed their own brief, as did SAG-AFTRA, the American Federation of Musicians and the Writers Guild of America East and West, to "defend the rights and livelihoods of more than 250,000 entertainment and media workers." WME argued AI use of creative materials shouldn't be stopped, "but that it should be licensed." News/Media Alliance and a coalition of local journalism groups also filed briefs supporting the Times. A recurring theme was that AI companies shouldn't be broadly exempted from licensing copyrighted content. OpenAI and other firms have argued a licensing system would be too cumbersome. The Times, alongside other publishers, on Monday sued web browser Brave, alleging it scraped its copyrighted works and distributed it to AI firms.