In this episode, I was joined by IP, tech, and media law expert, Franklin Graves. We talked focused on two super-interesting and relevant topics:

1. A recent lawsuit filed against Meta (including Instagram, Facebook), Snap Inc., ByteDance and TikTok, and Alphabet Inc./Google/YouTube, about the mental health impacts of social media on youth. Franklin wrote a blog post about this on his blog, Creator Economy Law.

You can track the lawsuit here.

2. Everyone is talking about AI. Everyone is *using* AI, so the big question is: who does all this AI-generated output belong to? Can you copyright it? Is it infringing someone else's copyright if you use it? We deep-dived into these very relevant questions.

Other articles referenced by Franklin:

https://ipwatchdog.com/2022/02/20/sorry-nft-worthless-copyright-generative-art-problem-nft-collections/id=146163/
https://ipwatchdog.com/2023/06/29/u-s-copyright-office-generative-ai-event-three-key-takeaways/id=162771/
https://ipwatchdog.com/2023/02/23/u-s-copyright-office-clarifies-limits-copyright-ai-generated-works/id=157023/

Notes:

1:09 - Intro: Who is Franklin Graves?

4:00 - Social media platforms using algorithms that knowingly and perhaps intentionally create addiction and mental health issues among youth and teens.

17:00 - BigCos using our data to train AI.

21:00 - Who does AI output belong to?

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