IP and Tech Attorney Ankit Sahni on the RAGHAV AI Painting Tool and "Suryast" Copyright Registration Efforts in India, Canada & the US

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Show Notes:
1:00 Anki Sanhi
1:45 Sahni’s background and work
5:00 Eric Raymond’s The Cathedral and the Bazaar - essay on open source development
6:40 association with the arts
7:45 trademark enforcement work
10:00 infringement case between client working in fashion space sued by global brand
12:30 origin of the Raghav project
16:45 process to use Raghav
18:30 Van Gogh’s Starry Night
21:00 Raghav = Robust Artificially Intelligent Graphics and Arts Visualizer
21:45 Indian copyright application for “Suryast”
25:40 Section 2(d) of Indian Copyright Act, definition of author
34:30 Canadian copyright application for “Suryast”
35:35 Notice of Application filed in Canadian Federal Court by Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) against Sahni over “Suryast”
37:10 US copyright application for “Suryast”
37:35 Sahni’s US Counsel, Alex Garens, Esq. with Day Pitney
38:00 USCO decision on “Suryast”
43:30 India’s definition of ‘author’ - no qualifications
46:50 Parliamentary Standing Committee recommended creation of new right for AI works per Sahni’s recommendation
47:05 February 2024 - Union Minister of State Commerce in India’s Parliament submitted that there is no need for creation of a new right and current legislation offers sufficient protection
48:45 ambiguity in Canada law on AI
49:40 USCO’s Request for Comments
52:00 Sanhi’s position of need for amendment of US law to address AI
53:50 Optimus
54:50 Definition of justice
56:30 global harmonized principles on AI
57:30 injustice of humans unknowingly competing against AI due to historic suppression of AI use
59:00 Sahni’s intent to contribute to the change in law to address AI
1:00:00 consultation with Ryan Abbott, Esq.
1:00:50 Future projects
1:02:20 shaping issues where art and law intersect
1:03:30 cultural impact of the debate over human authorship, AI and art
1:04:30 comparison of photography to AI
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Capitoli

1. IP and Tech Attorney Ankit Sahni on the RAGHAV AI Painting Tool and "Suryast" Copyright Registration Efforts in India, Canada & the US (00:00:00)

2. IP and Tech Law Exploration (00:00:02)

3. Artificial Intelligence Tool Development and Copyright (00:12:30)

4. Legal Recognition of AI Creations (00:21:57)

5. US Copyright Law and AI Evolution (00:37:10)

6. Variety of AI Tools and Copyright (00:44:20)

7. Global Approach to AI and Copyright (00:49:35)

8. The Impact of AI on Culture (00:59:18)