In the latest issue of the Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology, Loevy partner Matt Topic examines AI and copyright law, and argues for a human-centered framework that denies protection for AI-generated works and rejects fair use defenses for training generative AI.
“[C]opyright law only cares about human-made expression,” Topic writes. “And that makes sense because the Intellectual Property Clause exists to benefit American society by ‘promot[ing] the Progress of Science and useful Arts’ through works of human creativity. It doesn’t exist to allow tech industry AI bots to use essentially stolen property to displace human competitors responsible for creating those works in the first place…”
Read the full paper at the Journal of Science and Technology website here.
Matt Topic is a partner with Loevy + Loevy, where he leads the firm’s work in government transparency, artificial intelligence issues, media rights, intellectual property disputes, and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation. He was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence in 2024.