In a unanimous opinion, a three-judge panel denied an appeal from Warner Bros. Television, which has argued that the two shows are unrelated.
“There are clear and numerous similarities between ‘The Pitt’ and ‘ER,” the court ruled, citing the emergency room setting, the fast pace, the medical jargon, the graphic depictions of injuries, and a young, incompetent doctor fresh from medical school. “We find the details here suffice for a prima facie case.”
That genre is already dead in some respects, because its main publishers (Royal Guard, Atheon, Podium) all use AI for editing and have no policy against AI use by authors — and worst of all, the readers are semiliterate gamers who think it’s impossible to be sure if AI was used, meaning that subreddits and other forums dedicated to promoting these works have explicit rules against mentioning AI.
I’m not kidding.