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Global CIO Insights: Digital Transformation with AI” digital conference hosted by Global CIO of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Dr. J.P. Auffret was part of the discussion on “AI Implementation: Value for Business”
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Gary Rinkerman is a partner at the law firm of FisherBroyles LLP, an Honorary Professor of U.S. Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary University in London, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Assurance Research and Engineering (“CARE”) in the College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University, Virginia. For those interested in “digital archeology,” Professor Rinkerman also successfully argued one of the first cases in which copyright in object code was enforced and he co-founded and served as Editor-in-Chief for Computer Law Reporter, one of the first legal publications (in the 1980s) to focus exclusively on law and computer technologies. This article should not be considered legal advice. The presentation of facts and the opinions expressed in this article are attributable solely to the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of any persons, organizations or entities with which he is affiliated or whom he represents. The author would also like to thank J.P. Auffret, Director of CARE, for his continuing support and for his expertise in the frontier areas of Artificial Intelligence.
Gary Rinkerman is a partner at the law firm of FisherBroyles LLP, an Honorary Professor of U.S. Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary University in London, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Assurance Research and Engineering (“CARE”) in the College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University, Virginia. For those interested in “digital archeology,” Professor Rinkerman also successfully argued one of the first cases in which copyright in object code was enforced and he co-founded and served as Editor-in-Chief for Computer Law Reporter, one of the first legal publications (in the 1980s) to focus exclusively on law and computer technologies. This article should not be considered legal advice. The presentation of facts and the opinions expressed in this article are attributable solely to the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of any persons, organizations or entities with which he is affiliated or whom he represents. The author would also like to thank J.P. Auffret, Director of CARE, for his continuing support and for his expertise in the frontier areas of Artificial Intelligence.
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith. The case is very significant because it helps to define the scope and proper application of “the fair use doctrine” in U.S. copyright law. The opinion has also stirred a lot of debate about its potential applicability to AI systems, especially their training sets and outputs. For example, in a recent panel discussion hosted by the U.S. Copyright Office, a number of participants asserted that the Warhol case mandates that the unauthorized ingestion of third-party copyrighted materials will not fall under the copyright law’s fair use doctrine. However, the debate on this issue is robust and ongoing.
The link below is to an article in which Gary Rinkerman, a CARE Senior Fellow, is quoted regarding the general impact of the Warhol case. Gary is also part of CARE’s study of AI systems’ Terms of Use and security implications, and he has provided “best practices” to companies dealing with AI, alone and in combination with open source ingestion materials.
