Creativity and copyright in the shadow of GenAI: Managing and organizing creative content in the digitalization frenzy

Éditeurs invités

• Konstantin Hondros, Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Armed Forces Hamburg
• Leonhard Dobusch, University of Innsbruck
• Astrid Mager, Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna
• Patricia Aufderheide, American University Washington
• Patrick Cohendet, HEC Montréal

Synthèse

This special issue addresses the intersection of creativity, copyright, and generative AI within organizational and management contexts. As GenAI technology rapidly generates novel content across various forms, it raises critical questions about copyright management, ownership rights, and creative practices that have previously remained underexplored in management and organizational literature. The call seeks to examine how regulatory uncertainty and rapid technological development create both opportunities and challenges for creative work.

The editors invite empirical and conceptual research exploring how organizations navigate copyright and creativity amid GenAI adoption. Contributions are welcome from diverse disciplines including management, media studies, cultural studies, sociology, and science and technology studies, and from various fields potentially affected by GenAI such as creative industries, journalism, digital platforms, and scientific research. The special issue aims to make copyright a more accessible research topic and foster an interdisciplinary community examining creativity management in the context of emerging digitalization.

Thèmes proposés

• Creativity in the shadow of GenAI: How does GenAI affect the creation and management of creative content? How do creative and artistic practices change through GenAI use? What role does copyright play in creative transformations?
• Doing copyright: How does GenAI foster copyright-related practices within and across organizations? Who are the actors and actants doing copyright in GenAI contexts? How are these practices shaping the organization of creativity? How is emerging GenAI regulation affecting organizations and creativity?
• Conflicts over copyright: How do conflicts over copyright foster or impede creativity? What is the role of digitization in these conflicts and their evolution with GenAI? How do these conflicts affect organizational creativity and technological innovation management?
• Inequality and copyright: How does GenAI affect access to knowledge within and across organizations? Who owns copyright and how does GenAI influence ownership structures? What are the consequences of copyright inequality for creativity?
• Alternatives to copyright: What are alternatives to exclusive copyright regimes in GenAI contexts? How do commons-based and knowledge-sharing approaches challenge or facilitate the management and organization of creativity?
• Researching copyright: What are methodologically promising ways to investigate the interrelation between copyright and creativity in organization and management? What are specific obstacles in the GenAI context?