Katie and Steve speak with Ben Zhao, Neubauer Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago, about the impact of generative AI systems on working artists and the visual arts ecosystem, the economic and technical challenges, recent litigation and legislative advocacy to limit the impact of generative AI on human creators, and the creation of technical tools to protect human creatives against generative AI use.

Notes for this episode: https://artlawpodcast.com/2026/09/01/the-threat-of-generative-ai-to-artists/

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Steve and Katie speak with their colleague and return guest Tom Kline and special guest Victoria Reed, the renowned Provenance Curator at the MFA Boston, about the status of provenance research and ownership review at US museums and also the first of its kind agreement between MFA Boston and the descendants of enslaved potter David Drake (aka Dave the Potter) resolving the ownership of two of Drake's monumental stoneware vessels.

Notes for this episode: https://artlawpodcast.com/2026/06/15/museum-provenance-curation-and-david-drake-the-potter/

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Katie and Steve speak with esteemed copyright lawyer Nancy Wolff about the Ninth Circuit case Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, in which photographer Jeffrey Sedlik sued celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D for copyright infringement related to her inking a copy of his photographic portrait of Miles Davis on a friend's arm and publicizing the process on social media. They discuss the Ninth Circuit's unique approach to copyright infringement in applying a subjective (jury-determined) test for substantial similarity based on "total concept and feel" and how that test may be in conflict with basic and established copyright principals.

Notes for this episode: https://artlawpodcast.com/2026/04/27/ninth-circuit-greenlights-tattoo-copying-of-photographs-of-miles-davis-at-least/

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