{"slug": "carl-sagan-estate-sues-luma-ai-for-use-of-sagan-clip-in-ad-for-ray-3-14", "title": "Carl Sagan estate sues Luma AI for use of Sagan clip in ad for Ray 3.14", "summary": "The estate of Carl Sagan has filed a lawsuit against Luma AI, alleging that the company used an 8-second clip of Sagan from the 1980 episode 'The Lives of the Stars' of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage in an advertisement for its Ray 3.14 model without permission. The complaint states that Luma AI argued the use was de minimis.", "body_md": "**A new lawsuit was filed against Luma AI. This one involves a video ad fro Luma’s Ray 3.14 model. The ad allegedly included a portion from **the TV series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage*, episode 9: “The Lives of the Stars,” broadcast on November 23, 1980.\n\nIn that episode, Sagan said a famous line, in an 8-second clip: “**If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.**”\n\nThe complaint alleged that Luma AI took the position that **the use was de minimis.**\n\nI haven’t seen the ad, although will try to track it down.\n\n**Excerpt from Complaint: **\n\n**DOWNLOAD:**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carl-sagan-estate-sues-luma-ai-for-use-of-sagan-clip-in-ad-for-ray-3-14", "canonical_source": "https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2026/08/31/carl-sagan-estate-sues-luma-ai-for-use-of-sagan-clip-in-ad-for-ray-3-14/", "published_at": "2026-08-31 12:44:23+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-31 12:52:42.059662+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products"], "entities": ["Carl Sagan", "Luma AI", "Ray 3.14", "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carl-sagan-estate-sues-luma-ai-for-use-of-sagan-clip-in-ad-for-ray-3-14", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carl-sagan-estate-sues-luma-ai-for-use-of-sagan-clip-in-ad-for-ray-3-14.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carl-sagan-estate-sues-luma-ai-for-use-of-sagan-clip-in-ad-for-ray-3-14.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carl-sagan-estate-sues-luma-ai-for-use-of-sagan-clip-in-ad-for-ray-3-14.jsonld"}}