Copyright Law and Generative AI Why Limitations and Exceptions Need Reform

1.     Introduction: Linking Generative AI to Copyright Law

2.     Evaluating Present-Day Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

3.     Social Norms Governing Generative AI’s Access to Protected Works

4.     The Emerging Market for Generative AI Works: Consumption, Demand, and Regulatory Challenges

5.     Technical Features Impeding Application of Copyright L&Es

6.     A Four-Prong Strategy for Reformulating Copyright L&Es

7.     Beyond Copyright: Other AI-Related Intellectual Property Issues

8.     Conclusion: Key Findings, Recommendations, and Future Research Directions

Biography

Yangzi Li is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Law, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. She received her PhD from the Faculty of Law, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

"A masterfully researched and remarkably clear guide to one of the most urgent legal questions of our time. With its comparative, interdisciplinary approach, this book demystifies the rapidly evolving intersection of copyright law and generative AI, offering readers not just essential legal insights but also a nuanced understanding of the broader ethical, economic, and technological forces at play. An indispensable resource for anyone grappling with the challenges—and the promise—of AI-driven creativity."

Jyh-An Lee

Professor and Executive Director of the Centre for Legal Innovation and Digital Society (CLINDS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  

"Dr Li has made a major contribution to global debates concerning the effect of artificial intelligence on the legal regimes governing intellectual property and the reforms necessary to balance the need to protect innovation in both authorship and AI-product development. With an acute sensitivity to legal policy and an impressive jurisdictional range, she examines the dilemmas for copyright law created by the market ethos and technical feature of AI systems. The framework Dr Li proposes for a copyright regime which is technologically fit-for-purpose is both creative and principled: it should be mandatory reading for stakeholders sculpting the future of intellectual property law."

Will Bateman

Professor, ANU Law School, Australian National University

"This book is a timely and important analysis of the immense disruption that generative artificial intelligence has wrought upon copyright law, and presents a thought-provoking framework of modalities to evaluate possible approaches to address a kaleidoscope of salient issues."

David Tan

Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore