[Just Published: Banana Republic: Copyright Law and the Extractive Logic of Generative AI]

I explore the intersection of art, copyright, and AI in my latest article, “Banana Republic: Copyright Law and the Extractive Logic of Generative AI,” published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford University Press).

Using #MaurizioCattelan’s #Comedian and the figures of the fruit seller, the buyer, and the artist as metaphors, the article interrogates who is valued, who is erased, and who reaps the rewards. These figures expose how value, labour, and authorship are dislocated and reassembled in ways that challenge the assumptions underpinning copyright law and cultural production.

I am grateful to Chen Yang, Tianxiang He, Orabhund Panuspatthna, Peter Yu, Jyh-An Lee, Terry Taorui Guan, Guobin Cui, Rostam J. NEUWIRTH, Victor Jiawei Zhang, hideaki shimada, Yahong Li, Alan Chiu, Chien-Chih (Jesse) Lu, and the attendees of City University of Hong Kong’s AI and HK Copyright Symposium for their helpful comments.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpaf047

#Copyright #GenerativeAI #IPLaw #TechPolicy #LegalScholarship Penn State Dickinson Law #OxfordUniversityPress