The output file encoding is wrong.
var assemblyInfo = require('gulp-dotnet-assembly-info');
gulp.src('**/AssemblyInfo.cs')
.pipe(assemblyInfo({
copyright: 'Copyright 2017 © XXXX',
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('.'));
results in my assembly files having:
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright 2017 � XXXX")]