EPISODE · Apr 12, 2026 · 3H 3M
Ep 18: Do you own what you create? | Rahul Matthan on intellectual property, ownership, and AI
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Rahul Matthan believes intellectual property is not like real property. It's a legal fiction the state grants to protect publishers and incentivize innovation. But if you spent years writing a novel or a lifetime developing a drug, don't you own that? And if AI can train on your life's work without asking, who does it really belong to? Rahul is India's most prominent technology lawyer, a partner at Trilegal, and author of The Third Way. He has written the weekly column Ex Machina in the Mint since 2016, on the intersection of law, technology, and society.
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Rahul Matthan believes intellectual property is not like real property. It's a legal fiction the state grants to protect publishers and incentivize innovation. But if you spent years writing a novel or a lifetime developing a drug, don't you own that? And if AI can train on your life's work without asking, who does it really belong to? Rahul is India's most prominent technology lawyer, a partner at Trilegal, and author of The Third Way. He has written the weekly column Ex Machina in the Mint since 2016, on the intersection of law, technology, and society.
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Ep 18: Do you own what you create? | Rahul Matthan on intellectual property, ownership, and AI
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