I’m a comedian whose joke was stolen by an AI creator. I blame Meta and feel powerless.
THE SO WHAT
Creator IP disputes are moving from backroom plagiarism to platform-level AI remix at scale—where enforcement rules, not norms, decide who gets paid. If your business depends on original content, you now need a platform strategy and a paper trail, not just a punchline.
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