AI and the Law: What You Need To Know
The AI Topic Nobody Is Talking About
Despite the widespread growth of generative AI and the potential adoption of AI-generated content by enterprise companies, there is an elephant in the room that is rarely discussed.
Who owns the IP of AI-generated content?
On Mar 16, 2023, The Copyright Office initiated an effort to investigate copyright law and policy concerns related to Generative AI.
“This initiative is in direct response to the recent striking advances in generative AI technologies and their rapidly growing use by individuals and businesses. The Copyright Office has received requests from Congress and members of the public, including creators and AI users, to examine the issues raised for copyright, and it is already receiving applications for registration of works including AI-generated content.”
To be clear on the current law regarding copyrighting AI artwork:
“If a work’s traditional elements of authorship were produced by a machine, the work lacks human authorship and the Office will not register it"
- USCO director Shira Perlmutter (link to doc)
Director Shira Perlmutter went on to state the following…
