LIVE EVENT: Art, Intellectual Property And Artificial Intelligence (Legal Issues Confronting Creators)

Generative AI is rapidly transforming the landscape for content creators and artists, presenting both challenges and opportunities. On the one hand, it offers innovative tools that can automate aspects of the creative process, such as generating images, music, and text. On the other hand, it threatens the potential devaluation of human creativity.

The rise of generative AI brings ethical and legal concerns, particularly around copyright and intellectual property. Trained on vast datasets, often including copyrighted materials, the AI output generated may sometimes mimic or closely resemble existing works, posing a risk to artists whose work may be replicated or repurposed without proper attribution or compensation.

As AI-generated content becomes more common, creators are forced to compete with cheaper alternatives, potentially driving down the value of their work. In addition, artists may struggle to maintain their artistic relevance in a market where AI-generated content is increasingly prevalent and often indistinguishable from human-made works.

About Abbey Green: Abbey has been practicing law for over 25 years with a focus on the arts and intellectual property, including 8 ½ years at Christie’s auction house, and now has her own practice at Abbey Green Law. She has been a guest lecturer at various law schools on the intersection of art and IP and has participated in numerous panels on that topic and on issues related to AI and copyright. In 2017 she was interviewed by the ABA’s Landslide Magazine on her role at Christie’s, and in 2020 she was featured in The Power List: Top Female Attorneys in the Art World, published by Art She Says. Abbey is deeply passionate about IP rights and the arts, and currently provides guidance and counseling to artists, estates, foundations, non-profit organizations, galleries, museums, and auction houses.