My latest draft, Copyright Litigation After Generative AI, is up on SSRN. Abstract and link are below. Comments are very welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Jacob Noti-Victor
@jnvictor.bsky.social
Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School, writing on IP and law & tech, 🏳️🌈
Xiyin Tang and I have an article in @theatlantic.com today! We argue that keeping AI-generated material uncopyrightable can help protect creative labor and consumers. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Secret Weapon Against AI Dominance
The future of creative labor will turn on whether AI-generated work can be copyrighted.
theatlantic.com
@marklemley.bsky.social and I have a new draft on SSRN. Comments or suggestions are most welcome.
@jnvictor.bsky.social and I have a new paper in which we document a surprisingly widespread phenomenon we call "anticompetitive acquiescence" -- agreeing to settle a case you are likely to win because even though doing so hurts you, it hurts your competitors more. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I'm thrilled to announce that Xiyin Tang's and my article, Antitrust Regulation of Copyright Markets, has won the 2025 Antitrust Writing Award in the intellectual property category. I hope you'll give it a read! awards.concurrences.com/en/awards/20...
Antitrust Regulation of Copyright Markets – Concurrences
Antitrust Publications & Events
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"Regulating Hidden AI Authorship" is finally out in the Virginia Law Review! Thank you to everyone who helped me improve the article over the last few months, and especially the wonderful student editors at @uvalaw.bsky.social . virginialawreview.org/articles/reg...
Regulating Hidden AI Authorship - Virginia Law Review
With the rapid emergence of high-quality generative artificial intelligence (“AI”), some have advocated for mandatory disclosure when the technology is used to generate new text, images, or video. But...
virginialawreview.org
Xiyin Tang and I are excited to announce that our article Antitrust Regulation of Copyright Markets has been nominated for an Antitrust Writing Award! If you're so inclined, you can vote for it here: awards.concurrences.com/en/awards/20...
Concurrences
Antitrust Publications & Events
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I’m thrilled to report that the Cardozo faculty voted yesterday to grant me tenure and promote me to full professor of law! I’m so grateful to the many family, friends, and mentors who helped me reach this milestone.
Reposting this IP profs starter pack for newcomers. Let me know if you’d like to be added go.bsky.app/EUN2DAN
A draft of my latest article, Regulating Hidden AI Authorship (forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review) is now up on SSRN! It explores whether the undisclosed use of generative AI in creative works (novels, art, film, music) harms consumers, and what to do about it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Regulating Hidden AI Authorship
<p><span>With the rapid emergence of high-quality generative artificial intelligence (AI), some have advocated for mandatory disclosure when the technology is u
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I'm excited to share that my article, "Regulating Hidden AI Authorship," is now forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review. The abstract is below. It should be up on SSRN in the next month or two (but let me know if you'd like to see a draft in the meantime).
Tell me you're teaching Copyright in 2024 without telling me
Me: Look what I got! Husband: ... Me: It's in the public domain! Husband: You're not hanging that in our living room.
First Bluesky post! Xiyin Tang's and my new draft, "Antitrust Regulation of Copyright Markets," is now on SSRN. We'd love any comments or suggestions! https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4496870&fbclid=IwAR0mgCXZjZq329CIsQspgAQyX0mwLtByo9Jlwl9h-1vEnN0d_Xn-7Jh_WGw
Antitrust Regulation of Copyright Markets
Late last year, a federal court sided with the Department of Justice and blocked the planned merger of book publishers Simon & Schuster and Penguin Random H
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