---
id: "quote-killing-the-goose"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶19"]
tags: ["macroeconomics", "industry-sustainability"]
related: ["claim-creative-industry-gdp", "entity-michael-d-smith", "entity-rahul-telang"]
speaker: "Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang"
speakers: ["Michael D. Smith", "Rahul Telang"]
sources: ["tail2"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail2"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-tail-126-genai-copyright"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/07/can-gen-ai-and-copyright-coexist"
sourceTitle: "Can Gen AI and Copyright Coexist?"
---
# Authors on Killing the Creative Goose

> "On our current path we risk killing the goose—or in this case the authors, musicians, coders, and filmmakers—who laid the golden eggs that are key to the present and future value of gen AI output."

— [[entity-michael-d-smith]] and [[entity-rahul-telang]] (¶19)

The thesis-in-a-sentence for the whole vault: generative AI depends on the very creative ecosystems its unlicensed data practices threaten. Directly supports the macroeconomic stakes in [[claim-creative-industry-gdp]] and motivates both strategy frameworks ([[framework-rightsholder-defense]], [[framework-gen-ai-risk-mitigation]]).