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Lawyers Warn of a Decade of Uncertainty over AI Copyright | by Clare Spencer | Feb, 2026 - Generative AI in the Newsroom
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Legal experts are warning that the complexities surrounding AI-generated content and copyright law could lead to a decade of legal instability. The uncertainty stems from how existing intellectual property frameworks apply to generative AI models and their outputs.
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Protracted legal ambiguity threatens to stifle commercial deployment and long-term investment across the generative AI landscape.
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