AI vs IP: Lawyer Wynton Yates weighs in

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05/19/23 • 52 min

A.I. is everywhere, and although it can be used as a creative tool, what’s making the headlines is how generative AI tools like midjourney and ElevenLabs ca mimc everything from fake everything from a picture of the Pope to an entire Frank Ocean album. In In this episode, I’m joined by entertainment and social media lawyer Wynton Yates as we discuss intellectual property, the media and the legal and ethical issues surrounding AI-generated content. We cover topics such as contracts, ownership, copyright, and the potential dangers of generative AI being used for malicious purposes. We also discuss the challenges of developing a system that protects everyone’s rights and gives them an equal voice. (Even how an actual monkey is helping redefine IP!) Be prepared to take notes! Wynton drops some serious knowledge in this one.

Wynton Yates regularly breaks down legal terms for content creators on Tiktok

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♬ Blade Runner 2049 – Synthwave Goose Wynton sharing his knowledge (for entertainment purposes) on Tiktok

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00:00:00:00 - 00:00:07:24

Karama

Hey, folks, welcome back to THEBLERDGURL PODCAST. I'm Karama horne a.k.a. “theblerdgurl” And today we're going to talk about intellectual property.

00:00:07:23 - 00:00:13:01

Karama

Everybody right now is talking about creative ownership and intellectual property.

00:00:13:00 - 00:00:25:22

Karama

from the Writers Strike and their request for residual rights on streaming content to the air creators out here, reproducing music in the likeness of artists like Frank Ocean and Drake and even the weekend.

00:00:25:23 - 00:00:29:22

Karama

Well, today I'm talking to a real entertainment lawyer about all this.

00:00:29:22 - 00:00:34:12

Karama

Wynton Yates joins me today and he's going to give us details on how creators can protect themselves.

00:00:34:13 - 00:00:45:07

Karama

we talked about so much stuff today, but the discussion about I think is the most important, especially coming from an intellectual property entertainment lawyer.

00:00:45:07 - 00:00:50:03

Karama

I can't wait to share this one with you. But first, let's pay some bills.

00:00:50:03 - 00:01:02:16

Karama

Now, I first found Wynton over on Tik-tok because he's got this incredible channel where he regularly looks at litigation that's happening in entertainment and like breaks it down in layman's terms for the rest of us.

00:01:02:17 - 00:01:07:10

Karama

Yates now has a thriving practice, as get...

Wynton Yates regularly breaks down legal terms for content creators on Tiktok

@lawyerwynton

#fanart and #fanfiction is awesome! Just stay safe out there y’all #lawyerwynton #tiktokattorney #copyrightattorney

♬ Blade Runner 2049 – Synthwave Goose Wynton sharing his knowledge (for entertainment purposes) on Tiktok

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00:00:00:00 - 00:00:07:24

Karama

Hey, folks, welcome back to THEBLERDGURL PODCAST. I'm Karama horne a.k.a. “theblerdgurl” And today we're going to talk about intellectual property.

00:00:07:23 - 00:00:13:01

Karama

Everybody right now is talking about creative ownership and intellectual property.

00:00:13:00 - 00:00:25:22

Karama

00:00:25:23 - 00:00:29:22

Karama

Well, today I'm talking to a real entertainment lawyer about all this.

00:00:29:22 - 00:00:34:12

Karama

Wynton Yates joins me today and he's going to give us details on how creators can protect themselves.

00:00:34:13 - 00:00:45:07

Karama

we talked about so much stuff today, but the discussion about I think is the most important, especially coming from an intellectual property entertainment lawyer.

00:00:45:07 - 00:00:50:03

Karama

I can't wait to share this one with you. But first, let's pay some bills.

00:00:50:03 - 00:01:02:16

Karama

00:01:02:17 - 00:01:07:10

Karama

Yates now has a thriving practice, as get...

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Karama

so, Bomani, welcome. I'm so excited to talk to you about this film.

00:00:07:07 - 00:00:14:24

Karama

And as all the little moments of horror that I like. But then there's also like an underlying theme,

00:00:14:24 - 00:00:24:18

Karama

let's start with where this came from. What was the inspiration for this film and when did you find time to write this?

00:00:24:20 - 00:00:45:15

Bomani

You know, I mean, starts starts with the literature, man. Like, I love the book. I'm a huge, huge fan of the book. And I just felt like they were leaving a lot of stuff from the book on the floor. And I wanted to not only do that, but also recapture the focus because a lot of people focus on the monster.

00:00:45:17 - 00:01:04:19

Bomani

And I wanted to bring it back to, you know, the story is about Frankenstein, Rise and fall, you know, the mad scientist. So I wanted to bring that back. And on top of that, I wanted I grew up with two older sisters who, you know, mentored me my whole life, what I love and adore. And I use them as my muse for this.

00:01:04:19 - 00:01:08:15

Bomani

So you mix all that and out comes this.

00:01:08:17 - 00:01:17:13

Karama

So, okay, so I got two questions for you. Seven From that by book you mean Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, right? Because it's a bunch of Frankenstein that Oh, yeah.

00:01:17:15 - 00:01:18:21

Bomani

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

00:01:18:21 - 00:01:40:11

Karama

To make sure everybody else. And I don't know how your sisters feel, but I'm the oldest and my brothers are younger, and I don't know how I feel. If they wrote a movie about me chopping people up and trying to turn the neighborhood into monsters. So did you get along with your sister?

00:01:40:13 - 00:01:45:15

Bomani

No, I got along with my sisters, you know, I mean, obviously as siblings. So, you know, there's going to be dust ups, but.

00:01:45:20 - 00:01:47:24

Karama

It's going to be ill because.

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