David Gerardtoday's (unreleased, likely ~spring 2024) legal opinion article: AI models are likely uncopyrightable (no human hand) and too easy to reverse-engineer for trade secrets to work. So the VC billions are going into stuff they can't own. Which is the funniest possible result.
Blayne Haggart@davidgerard @davidgerard The thing about IP law and its interpretation is that both change over time to reflect the relative power of the relevant interest groups, favouring either protection/control or dissemination. They don't reflect any consistent objective principles. (Topic of my dissertation and book, Copyfight: The Global Politics of Digital Copyright Reform.)
If it's seen as important enough, either the law or the court's interpretation of the law will change.