When a Few Pixels Redrawn Change Everything: The Battle Over Human Authorship in the Age of AI

Understanding Intellectual Property in the Modern Age At its core, intellectual property (IP) is not merely about ownership of ideas. It revolves around incentive design . Societies discovered long ago that creativity and invention flourish when individuals can reap benefits from their mental labor. However, pure ideas are non-rivalrous: once shared, they can be copied infinitely. Therefore, IP…