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Intellectual Property and Creative Machines

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  • Gaétan de Rassenfosse
  • Adam B. Jaffe
  • Joel Waldfogel

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The arrival of creative machines—software capable of producing humanlike creative content—has triggered a series of legal challenges about intellectual property. The outcome of these legal challenges will shape the future of the creative industry in ways that could enhance or jeopardize welfare. Policy makers are already tasked with creating regulations for a postgenerative artificial intelligence creative industry. Economics may offer valuable insights, and this paper is our attempt to contribute to the discussion. We identify the main economic issues and propose a framework and some tools for thinking about them.

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  • Gaétan de Rassenfosse & Adam B. Jaffe & Joel Waldfogel, 2025. "Intellectual Property and Creative Machines," Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 4(1), pages 47-79.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:eipoec:doi:10.1086/732853
    DOI: 10.1086/732853
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