Zachary Cooper

About
Zachary Cooper is a legal scholar & lecturer, whose current research programme explores the techno-regulatory incoherence of applying copyright to emerging forms of Generative AI-enabled media, with an eye to developing new frameworks for creative ownership for the 21st Century.
His interdisciplinary research programme has led to dozens of speaking invitations worldwide in a wide array of settings, including the International Conference of Machine Learning in Vienna, the IP Scholars Conference in Berkeley, the Global Copyright Expert Network in Geneva, the UNESCO AI & Human Rights Conference in Ljubljana, re:publica in Berlin, and at the Summit for the ICC Arrest Warrants Against Israeli & Hamas Leadership in The Hague.
He teaches the “The Law and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence & Robots” course at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and has guest lectured worldwide. He served with Silvia De Conca as Co-Editor of the European Journal of Law & Technology as well as Editor-In-Chief of the Amsterdam Law Forum.
Positions
Research Associate since August 2025, Research Group: Digital Economy, Internet Ecosystem, and Internet Policy
Former Research Fellow, April - December 2024
Fields of Research
Law & Economics of Generative AI