Reforming Copyright Law for AI-Generated Content: Copyright Protection, Authorship and Ownership
With the emergence of disputes over the copyright of AI-generated content (AIGC), academia has extensively discussed relevant issues, including copyright protectability and ownership. However, the copyright law community has not reached an international consensus. Adopting a doctrinal methodology,...
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With the emergence of disputes over the copyright of AI-generated content (AIGC), academia has extensively discussed relevant issues, including copyright protectability and ownership. However, the copyright law community has not reached an international consensus. Adopting a doctrinal methodology, this paper investigates these issues and proposes reforms, arguing that copyright law should clarify the de facto authorship of AI and determine the originality of AIGC based on minimum creativity at the expression level. It also recommends attributing copyright of AIGC to the AI owner via statutory provision, allowing contractual allocation between parties. The proposed framework would resolve significant academic controversies on fundamental issues surrounding AIGC copyright and provide a reference model for future research.
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| spelling | doaj-art-69c5eda961004154bc7c0c439a8dc5d32025-08-20T02:34:24Zengopenjournals.nlTechnology and Regulation2666-139X2025-05-01202510.71265/chkr8w30Reforming Copyright Law for AI-Generated Content: Copyright Protection, Authorship and OwnershipYiheng Lu0https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9349-2625Queen Mary University of London With the emergence of disputes over the copyright of AI-generated content (AIGC), academia has extensively discussed relevant issues, including copyright protectability and ownership. However, the copyright law community has not reached an international consensus. Adopting a doctrinal methodology, this paper investigates these issues and proposes reforms, arguing that copyright law should clarify the de facto authorship of AI and determine the originality of AIGC based on minimum creativity at the expression level. It also recommends attributing copyright of AIGC to the AI owner via statutory provision, allowing contractual allocation between parties. The proposed framework would resolve significant academic controversies on fundamental issues surrounding AIGC copyright and provide a reference model for future research. https://techreg.org/article/view/23039AI-Generated ContentCopyright LawAuthorshipOriginalityAI OwnershipLegal Framework |
| spellingShingle | Yiheng Lu Reforming Copyright Law for AI-Generated Content: Copyright Protection, Authorship and Ownership Technology and Regulation AI-Generated Content Copyright Law Authorship Originality AI Ownership Legal Framework |
| title | Reforming Copyright Law for AI-Generated Content: Copyright Protection, Authorship and Ownership |
| title_full | Reforming Copyright Law for AI-Generated Content: Copyright Protection, Authorship and Ownership |
| title_fullStr | Reforming Copyright Law for AI-Generated Content: Copyright Protection, Authorship and Ownership |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reforming Copyright Law for AI-Generated Content: Copyright Protection, Authorship and Ownership |
| title_short | Reforming Copyright Law for AI-Generated Content: Copyright Protection, Authorship and Ownership |
| title_sort | reforming copyright law for ai generated content copyright protection authorship and ownership |
| topic | AI-Generated Content Copyright Law Authorship Originality AI Ownership Legal Framework |
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