Day January 30, 2022

The AI-Copyright Challenge: Tech-Neutrality, Authorship, and the Public Interest

[Carys Craig] Abstract: Many of copyright’s core concepts—from authorship and ownership to infringement and fair use—are being challenged by the rapid rise of generative AI. Whether in service of creativity or capital, however, copyright law is perfectly capable of absorbing this latest innovation. More interesting than the doctrinal debates that AI provokes, then, is the opportunity it presents to revisit the purposes of the copyright system in the age of AI.