Welcome to the ISSUE TWO of ¡AU! Journal, our quarterly deep dive into the big shocks htting the media & entertainment business—and what to do about them.

This issue of ¡AU! Journal looks at how media businesses are clawing back control over their content and IP amid growing attacks by content pirates, floods of disinformation, and the ravenous AI.

What’s inside…

• WELCOME – Editorial director Neal Romanek introduces this issue’s content protection theme
• CONTENTS – A full listing of the stories in this issue
• WHAT NOW? – News & briefs on content security from around the industry
• C2PA ACCELERATOR AT IBC – A look at this year’s IBC Accelerator project on real world uses for C2PA
• COORDINATE YOUR DEFENSES OR LOSE YOUR CONTENT – Finding a multilayered approach to protecting your IP (Sponsored Content from Friend MTS)
• IP PREDATORS: THE ANTI-PIRACY ARMS RACE – Our survey on piracy & streaming—and the latest tech defenses
• C2PA ISN’T A PROTOCOL DROID: IT’S A PLAN FOR FREEDOM – A deep dive into the new tools for tracking content provenance & authenticity
• ON THE TRAIL OF THE GHOST INFLUENCERS – Top news sources are being duped by fake “experts”. The hunt is on.
• CONTENT BY NO ONE FOR NO ONE: SURVIVING THE AI BUBBLE – Can the industry put the brakes on its toxic relationship with AI?
• GOVERNMENTS ARE ABANDONING CREATORS – SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE – In the fight to protect creative businesses, governments are siding with robots
• BUILDING AN ARTIST-FRIENDLY AI – Start-up Incantor creates Gen AI tools with creator profitability in mind
• NEXT ISSUE – Our Winter 2025 issue will examine tech sovereignty & controlling your own tools