AI-Generated Content and Its Legal Status Under Copyright Law

Abstract

As artificial intelligence (AI) has been developing at a staggering speed, arisen disputes and problems have showed how people perceive this with worries and uncertainties. Could AI-generated content be regarded as original works? Who is the author of such content? Could the regulation of AI-generated content fit into the already established system of copyright law? And will the empowerment of AI-generated content become threat to human-created works and author’s legitimate interests? There are multiple issues waiting to be solved. This article discusses AI-generated contents and its significant effects. It looks at how these development clarified the nature and extent of its copyrightability and authorship, which are two legal matters crucial to determining whether and how AI-generated works should be protected by copyright.From this analysis, the paper draws three conclusions: at first,for those content that are output through complex instructions and that are significantly different from the learning data sources, they could be regarded as original works from external forms. Secondly,It is premature to grant AI the status of a legal person at this point in time.And thirdly whether and under what circumstances should its copyright be granted, and who should be recognized as the author should be left to a case-by-case judgement.