Associate Dean Daryl Lim comments in The Debrief on Sora AI and copyright law

CARLISLE, Pa.—Professor Daryl Lim, associate dean for research and strategic partnerships, was featured in The Debrief discussing the rise of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video tools such as OpenAI’s Sora. He offered insight into how copyright law continues to tie protection to human creative input, even as generative AI becomes increasingly prominent in media and entertainment.

Lim’s comments highlighted the evolving relationship between creativity, intellectual property, and emerging AI technologies, emphasizing that the future is likely to involve negotiated licensing frameworks, clearer attribution norms, and closer scrutiny of AI-assisted production rather than a collapse of copyright law. His perspective reflects his broader scholarship and teaching at Penn State Dickinson Law on intellectual property, innovation, and the governance of generative AI.

The Debrief is an international publication covering developments at the intersection of technology, media, and society. The article explored why creators have become fascinated with using Sora AI to generate Star Trek-inspired parody universes while also raising larger legal and ethical questions about authorship, ownership, and licensing in AI-generated entertainment. Lim’s contribution underscores Penn State Dickinson Law’s engagement with cutting-edge debates on AI policy and intellectual property regulation.

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Daryl Lim is the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law at Penn State Dickinson Law. He is also the Associate Dean for Research & Strategic Partnerships and Founding Director of the Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Innovation Initiative. At the university level, he is a co-hire at the Institute of Computational and Data Sciences and an affiliate at the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence.

Professor Lim is an award-winning author, observer, and commentator on national and global trends in IP and competition policy and how they influence and are influenced by law, technology, economics, and politics. He helps policymakers, attorneys, corporate counsel, scholars, and the public understand the world around them. He is a founding member of the Global IP Alliance and its local chapters in Pennsylvania and Illinois. In addition, he serves as Co-Chair of the University Education Committee in the US IP Alliance.

In December 2022, the American Law Institute elected Professor Lim to its membership based on demonstrated excellence and outstanding professional achievement. In 2023, the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recognized him as “a leading expert in antitrust law and economics” and the IAM Strategy 300, a guide to the industry pioneers with “exceptional skill sets, as well as profound insights into the development, creation, and management of IP value,” named him to its World’s Leading IP Strategists 2023 list. In 2024, he was appointed to the consultative group advising the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence. In 2025, he received the IP Professor of the Year Award at the Global Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence & Technology Conclave & Awards.