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There's a video game coming out which used generative AI to make assets but is also "protected by Denuvo" which is just such a perfect encapsulation of how intellectual property law works and who it is for

what does this have to do with intellectual property law?

Anything AI generated cannot be legally copyrighted and thus would be considered public domain. So games using AI generated art shouldn't be able to change money, let alone use DRM.

I don't understand this recurring claim because transformative works based on public domain works are created all the time. Steamboat Willie is in the public domain but "Screamboat" (2025) is not. Similarly AI generated assets within a video game are probs not copyrightable but the game surely is

I mean, you can do that, but it is not remotely legal to do so. That Google has enabled companies to ignore that part of the law is a separate matter

The part of the DMCA I am talking about is a different part than the one that applies to Google listings.

The DMCA specifically outlaws any enforcement attempt if you do not have a good faith belief that you own the work and that it is being infringed. If you send a takedown notice for a Shakespeare sonnet you can be sued for significant damages

Nope. That would be fraud.

Can you clarify whether you believe this is a conversation about the DMCA takedown notice provision or the DMCA DRM circumvention mechanism provision