‘Tis the season of goodwill and handshakes. Days after Netflix and SK Telecom buried the hatchet in South Korea, ending a three-year lawsuit over network traffic, we are now seeing fires extinguished in Hollywood as the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has allowed members to return to work – ending sweeping strikes that have upended the content ecosystem for nearly five long months. Dissecting the 94-page Memorandum of Agreement from The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) – filtering out lengthy sections on pension plans and health funds – the most relevant and pressing matter for the Faultline audience are the contentious clauses around generative artificial intelligence (genAI). Ultimately, genAI is off limits for use by studios, but…