AI & IP Panel Discussion: A Global Perspective Part II

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Show Notes:

2:50 Tobi Aluko–Nigerian copyright 

5:30 Nigeria’s national AI strategy and creative sector 

7:25 Emily Gould – query on tech sector’s strength in Nigeria

9:40 debate over UK’s copyright provision for machine-generated work

11:40 Johan Brandstedt - Sweden’s approach to copyright 

13:40 Czech Republic case on AI and copyrightability 

16:40 Aluko – prompting versus creating art that involves effort/process

19:00 US copyright for A Single Piece of American Cheese 

20:30 Prof. Ahmed Elgammal - background of AI use in the arts

23:45 19th C. French case on copyright of photographs that show originality 

24:45 US refusal to copyright AI outputs 

26:35 Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta 

30:45 AICAN project

32:55 GAN-based art movement celebrated prior to prompting

33:55 “Text-to-Image Generators Have Altered the Digital Art Landscape—But Killed Creativity. Here’s Why an Era of A.I. Art Is Over”

34:25 artists survey on value from AI

37:15 backlash of Christies’ auction of Generative AI works 

41:50 Elgammal – effort versus intentionality e.g., DuChamp/ready-made art

42:30 intentionality and agency missing with prompting and random output 

51:40 AI's cultural impact 

1:04:30 Beethoven X project 

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