FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. STUDY - 08:55
Taping an iPad screen, Peter joins a Zoom meeting.
PETER (V.O.): A Korean scholar is delivering a keynote.
Peter captures some of slides on screen.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I like anything South Korea as my elder daughter living in Tokyo has Korean connections. As long as there's someone who cares for her, that's good enough.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My wife even asked our daughter to ask her boyfriend's parents what Korean cookware to buy.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I was working on two WTO Trade-related IP cases from 2004-2005, the other Panel Member was a Korean. He taught in the same university as the speaker.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Like Japan, South Korea is an hour ahead of Hong Kong time.
Act 2
INT. STUDY - CONTINUOUS
Peter is following the screen presentations.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): That speaker has reminded me about the negotiation of Article 31bis of the WTO-TRIPS Agreement, amending the compulsory licensing provision..
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Hong Kong played a high profile in the GATT. In 1995, Hong Kong was a founding Member of WTO.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I recall the WTO-TRIPS article was negotiated in the early 2000s. Assuming the value of a high-income economy, Hong Kong, China, was supportive of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement on Public Health 2001.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's interesting to note that the negotiation result was formalized in 2017, years after my retirement.
Focusing on screen.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, the academics are arguing as to who should be entitled as the author or owner of AI-generated IP.
FLASHBACK
INT. STANFORD UNIVERSITY - MARCH 25-27, 1991
Lecture theatre. Peter (36) sees the backdrop: WIPO Worldwide Symposium on the Intellectual Property Aspects of Artificial Intelligence.
PETER (V.O.): In 1986, when I read my 2nd LLM in UCL, a friend of mine was reading a doctorate in AI. This's the first time I've learned about the technical structure of AI.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Having a pure arts background, there's no way I can play a technical role in AI.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But as a member the legal secretariat on the reform of the law relating to copyright, I need to know the AI context. That's why I'm here.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I want to have 1st-hand information about the developing norm so that I can suggest an informed policy option.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I agree with the conference consensus. The author of such AI-generated works has to be the human being who makes the necessary arrangements..
RETURN TO PRESENT
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I did succeed in writing the determining formula into Hong Kong's Copyright Ordinance 1997. I think it was a good-enough solution.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Now is 2021. A generation has passed since the issue was discussed internationally and authentically.
Reflecting.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But there's no harm to revisit the issue as AI is developing fast. Never say never.
INT. KITCHEN - 13: 30
Enjoying his meal, Peter is watching video clips with his iPad mini.
PETER (V.O.): Getting another Olympic silver medal? Another record breaking? I'm glad that it isn't a gold-like bronze one.
Act 3
INT. SWIMMING POOL - NIGHT
Peter is swimming freestyle.
PETER (V.O.): It has been a fortnight since I took my 2nd jab. I'm still alive.
INT. STUDY - 22:00
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.): Being good enough never is - I was thinking like that.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But knowing that one has done the best one could, one should feel good. Good enough is good enough.
Peter checks something with his phone.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): South Korea ranked No.8 in Rio 2016. It now ranks No.7 in Tokyo 2020. Isn't it good enough?
Checking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Japan ranked No.6 in Rio 2016. It now ranks No. 2 in Tokyo 2020. Again, Isn't it good enough.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've a heart that beats well and feels deeply. That's good enough.
FADE OUT.
THE END
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