AMC Partner Anastasios A. Antoniou has authored a new op-ed for WIRED Greece titled “Do robots dream of intellectual property rights?” (“Ονειρεύονται τα ρομπότ πνευματικά δικαιώματα;”), in Greek. The piece examines the current structural tension between generative AI development and traditional copyright law.
Creative industries historically treat new mediums (e.g., the printing press, radio, VCR) as existential threats, yet these technologies consistently expand markets and unlock new revenue streams.
GenAI systems do not copy or store source works; they compress data into mathematical patterns and parametric weights. Instances of verbatim replication represent technical errors (overfitting), not the system’s intended function.
The US landscape is defined by the commercial boundaries of “fair use” and strict human authorship requirements; the UK legal framework is beginning to separate statistical pattern extraction from direct copying; and the EU enforces a structured “opt-out” regime via text and data mining (TDM) exemptions alongside upcoming AI Act transparency rules.
To prevent territorial regulatory arbitrage, the author counsels in favor of simple, voluntary, and unified web standards (such as robots.txt) rather than complex, asset-based cryptographic protocols that impose heavy computational costs and risk stalling innovation.
The full article is available to read in Greek on WIRED Greece: https://wired.com.gr/article/oneirevontai-ta-robot-pnevmatika-dikaiomata/