Generative AI Sparks Copyright Antitrust Collision

Penn State law professor Daryl Lim, in a recent TechREG interview with Competition Policy International, argues generative AI's need for vast copyrighted datasets concentrates control among few firms and creates copyright–antitrust friction. Lim urges courts to rely on fair use doctrines and reserve antitrust for demonstrable exclusionary conduct like exclusive compute or data deals, calling for regulatory clarity.