Copyright as Personal Property: Intellectual Property in the Age of AI

In a world where artificial intelligence can draft text, compose music, generate images, and even write code, copyright law faces one of its most profound stress tests. The traditional premise—an identifiable human author—becomes blurred as machines act as creators, collaborators, or catalysts.

The book Copyright as Personal Property revisits the foundations of intellectual property: should copyright be treated as property similar to tangible goods? And if so, how should the concept evolve when AI systems contribute substantially (or autonomously) to the creative process?

Key Questions the Book Helps You Tackle

• Authorship & Ownership: Who owns AI-assisted or AI-generated works?
• Rights as Property: Is copyright primarily a property right or a regulatory tool?
• Innovation vs. Protection: How to incentivize creativity without chilling technological progress?
• Comparative Approaches: What are leading jurisdictions doing as AI challenges legacy doctrines?

Why It Matters to AI & IoT Law

For legal counsel, policymakers, researchers, and tech leaders, this book provides a rigorous but accessible framework to evaluate policy choices, draft agreements, and navigate compliance in fast-moving AI ecosystems.

“Property rhetoric can both empower creators and, if left unchecked, over-enclose the cultural commons. The AI era forces us to recalibrate that balance.”

Further Reading & International References

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
• US Copyright Office
• UNESCO – AI & Ethics

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Question for the community: How should copyright law evolve to protect creators when artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool, but potentially a co-author—or even an author—of creative works?