AI Copyright Debate

The cluster focuses on debates about whether AI-generated outputs can be copyrighted, if AI can hold copyrights, and the role of human creativity versus AI training on copyrighted material.

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m3kw9 Jun 1, 2023 View on HN

This would work if they also not allow generated AI to be copyrighted

lupire Aug 9, 2022 View on HN

What can AI do but you can't? The copyright violation is in the output published work, not in the method of operation.

dylan604 Jul 19, 2021 View on HN

Would the AI technically own the copyright to the work they just produced?

anigbrowl Apr 27, 2023 View on HN

That seems like a problem with copyright rather than AI as such.

EMIRELADERO Dec 2, 2022 View on HN

I doubt the AI's output is copyrightable in the first place.

lost_tourist Sep 1, 2023 View on HN

Copyright is for humans, not AI. Since the AI is doing 99.999% of the work on an "original work" and since the work is derived from the work of others, copyright should not apply. Copyright is for humans and creations of humans. If we get a truly sapient AI then we can revisit.

jacooper Apr 16, 2023 View on HN

Copyright of AI output is not proven.

vkou Feb 14, 2024 View on HN

This is a good start, and it should be applied to copyright. AI cannot hold copyright, therefore AI cannot generate a copyrighted work, as it cannot transfer it to a human or corporate rights holder.This is the only thing that can actually democratize the benefits of AI to all people, not just billionaires with infinite resources to throw at training their models.

pdntspa Jul 2, 2023 View on HN

Last I heard the output of an AI was uncopyrightable. Didn't some court case determine that?

jillesvangurp Sep 1, 2023 View on HN

It shows you are not a lawyer. You misunderstand how copyright works. Creating copies or derivative works and distributing those is all that matters under copyright. This is not "disregarding" copyright (which is not an actual thing) but something that is either fair use or may require some kind of permission from the creators of the original by those distributing some kind of derived work or copy. That's why it's called copyright.Copyright merely restricts the distributi