Rachel Kim – VP, Legal Policy & Copyright Counsel
Rachel Kim is VP, Legal Policy & Copyright Counsel at the Copyright Alliance where she has advocated for and worked on education and outreach to the creative community on a variety of domestic and international copyright policy issues—including AI, CCB regulations, Copyright Office, modernization, regulations, registration practices, and other copyright and policy initiatives.
Prior to rejoining the Copyright Alliance in 2021 to support its mission to protect and strengthen the rights of creators and copyright owners, she was of Counsel at CBS Studios and a Law Clerk and Contracts Specialist at NBCUniversal, advising and working on a variety of legal and business issues arising from television production. She was also a Legal Fellow and Intern at the Copyright Alliance, an Intern at the National Music Publishers’ Association, and an Intern at the Legal Aid Justice Center.
Rachel earned her J.D. from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, and her B.A. in Chinese Language/Literature from George Mason University. She is admitted to practice in Washington, DC. In her spare time, Rachel enjoys reading, playing the piano, poetry writing, exercising, and spending time and fellowship with family and friends.
Blogs Authored By Rachel Kim
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Comparing AI Training to Human Learning Is Cartoonishly Absurd
Analogizing AI processes to human processes may be helpful as a simplistic way to explain how certain aspects of AI work. However, relying on these analogies as a substitute for actual legal and policy analysis can lead to erroneous blurring of lines, resulting in poorly conceived laws and policies, which prioritize AI over humans and…
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The Largest IP Theft in History: Takeaways from the Senate Hearing on AI and Copyright Piracy
On July 16, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing titled Too Big to Prosecute?: Examining the AI Industry’s Mass Ingestion of Copyrighted Works for AI Training. While some courts may struggle to articulate why these pervasive pirating activities of AI companies seem so disturbing—Senators on the Subcommittee took charge…
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Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from June 2025
In June, courts were extremely busy with AI and copyright activities. Two judges issued mixed-bag decisions in AI copyright cases squarely addressing the issue of whether the unlicensed use of copyrighted works to train generative AI systems qualified for the fair use exception. Here is a quick snapshot of the top noteworthy copyright news stories…
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5 Takeaways from the Copyright Office’s Report on Generative AI Training
Earlier this month, the U.S. Copyright Office released the third of four reports in its study for Congress on copyright and AI. There is little doubt that this third report is the most important and consequential to copyright and AI stakeholders because it addresses issues relating to training of AI systems on copyrighted works and…
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Top 10 Noteworthy Copyright Stories in April 2025
In April, the Copyright Alliance and Association of American Publishers (AAP) held an all-day event on the importance of human creativity in the age of artificial intelligence and we joined the rest of the creative community celebrating World IP Day 2025, by highlighting the important role that music plays in our society and how copyright…
