Over the past two years the IPKat has hosted debate on the question of whether the outputs of generative AI tools are protected under copyright law. Since we last wrote for the IPKat on the topic, additional posts have discussed the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee’s inquiry into the impact of AI on the creative industries and the UK House of Lords Inquiry into Large Language Models. There have been reports on international developments, including on the US Copyright Office refusals to register AI-generated works, alongside developments in the EU, China, Czechia and France. Some authors have concluded that the autonomous outputs of AI systems are unprotectable under copyright law, while one Katfriend has gone so far as to wish for the death of copyright as we know it … (more)
[Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst, The IPKat, 25 April 2024]
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