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Dr. Andres Guadamuz on IP in the AI Age: Exploring Copyright, Authorship, and Future Regulations
Show notes:
1:20 background and work in IP law and technology
2:20 blog article, “What can internet history teach us?”
3:25 IP issues emerging in the age of AI
5:10 inevitability of AI
6:40 global regulation of AI
8:25 Emily Gould - which body would handle global regulation of AI
11:00 Council of Europe’s adoption of first AI international treaty
11:50 Gould - UK proposal to expand text and data mining exception to cover commercial uses
14:55 transparency issues
18:40 Gould - response - need for legislation
20:20 authorship question
21:40 THJ Systems v. Sheridan (THJ Systems Ltd. v. Sheridan [2023] EWCA Civ 1354, [2024] E.C.D.R. 4, CA, 20 November 2023) is of great interest because it confirms the test for originality in copyright law in the UK after Brexit.
22:55 Li v. Liu, Case Number: (2023) Jing 0491 Min Chu No. 11279, Beijing Internet Court, 27 November 2023
25:00 NFTs
25:30 Thaler v. Perlmutter and USCO, USCA Case #23-5233
29:30 continued utility of copyright
32:40 AI copyright suits in the US
36:30 cultural impact of AI models’ accelerated training capabilities
38:20 view of whether there is a future for careers in art
42:50 tools like spawning.ai for artists’ protections
43:00 opt ins versus opt outs
43:50 technological protections like Glaze and Nightshade
45:15 difficulty of implementing opt ins
47:45 injustices in the AI age and definition of justice
50:33 mark that Andres hopes to make with his work
53:40 Stefania Salles-Bruins - IP protection for AI software and outputs
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