Legal scholar: main response to transformative AI is still an 18th-century publisher's right
technollama · x · 2026-09-26
Tech law scholar Technollama (Andres Guadamuz) remarks that the main legal response to a technology capable of fundamentally reshaping society in many ways remains an archaic publisher's right dating from the 18th century.
The post points at the ongoing wave of copyright lawsuits over AI training data, arguing that a framework designed centuries ago for print publishing is a poor fit for generative AI.
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