EPISODE

Who Owns the Future? AI, Creativity, and the Next Generation of Internet Law

UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION

Episode 9

July 8, 2026

01:03:31

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Hosted by Denise Howell

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

In this episode of Denise Howell’s Uneven Distribution, Denise welcomes longtime friend and technology lawyer Evan Brown for a wide-ranging conversation about how familiar internet law questions—from the famous “monkey selfie” copyright case to cryptocurrency, TikTok, biometrics, and AI-generated content—have evolved in the age of generative AI. Together, they explore what it means for machines to participate in creativity, how copyright and privacy law are adapting, why blockchain may still have untapped potential, and how lawyers and creators are navigating an increasingly AI-assisted world. As the conversation unfolds, topics that once seemed speculative—from AI-generated works to platform governance and digital identity—begin to look less like future challenges and more like present-day realities. Although recorded in mid-2024, the conversation is arguably even more relevant today, as AI has rapidly become embedded in everyday work, creativity, and online life, bringing many of these once-theoretical questions squarely into the mainstream.

“We’re going to find ways of doing these things that free up our time so we can focus more on ideas — things that are naturally more interesting to the human intellect.” — Evan Brown

“This is the whole point of technology. It creates an appetite for immortality on the one hand. It threatens universal extinction on the other. Technology is lust removed from nature. — Don DeLillo

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Evan Brown

Evan Brown is a technology and intellectual property attorney whose practice focuses on AI, digital platforms, online services, licensing, privacy, and emerging technologies, helping organizations navigate complex legal, business, and compliance challenges. He is an experienced litigator, transactional lawyer, and longtime panelist for the World Intellectual Property Organization, where he has decided hundreds of domain name disputes involving intellectual property and cybersquatting. Evan also teaches negotiation at Chicago-Kent College of Law and is a widely recognized speaker, author, and creator of the award-winning technology law blog evan.law and host on Leo Laporte's This Week in Technology.

HOST BIO

DENISE HOWELL

Veteran Podcaster and Blogger

Denise is a podcasting industry original and veteran blogger. She has co-hosted Triangulation, conversations with the smartest people in the world about the most important topics in technology, and has been contributing on Leo Laporte’s TWiT Network for 17 years. Having been credited with coining the term “blawg,” she has blogged on CBS Interactive and is a technology lawyer (Berkeley Law, ’90), advising corporate and individual clients on issues at the intersection of emerging technologies and the law.