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Law professor calls for AI companies to partner with US, China copyright offices

By Nick Robertson ( November 24, 2025, 12:00 GMT | Comment) -- Law professor Danny Friedmann of Peking University tells MLex that the US and China copyright offices are risking a return to discredited legal standards when assessing generative AI content by emphasizing effort over creativity. In a new paper, he proposes a new registration framework based on partnerships with AI companies to expand eligibility and streamline the registration process.While copyright offices around the world grapple with the copyright eligibility of works involving generative AI, Peking University law professor Danny Friedmann told MLex that offices should embrace partnerships with AI companies when creating new registration regimes....

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