The words AI-generated content and copyrights don’t seem to go hand in hand but you might want to read on further as trends could soon be changing.
A recent update by the American Copyright Office has spoken about copyright protections from the government that could safeguard some AI-based content. Yes, this includes the likes of movies, novels, software, television shows, art, and more. The only condition is that a human was involved in making the contribution or ended up making changes to the related content.
The shocking clarity arose inside the latest document dubbed Copyright and AI Part 2: Copyrightability. This is said to be the second or continuing part of a report shared in July of last year.
The latest report confirmed how human creativity continues to be the main point for copyright law and IP (Intellectual Property) rights. This is even as so many AI tools continue to be used widely in creating commercial material.
The rights will also provide companies more reassurance that their business remains protected and their IP stays guarded at all times, even when the content gets marked with AI-based media. A common example witnessed last year was the festive commercial from a popular Carbonated beverage brand that used AI.
This is certainly a major step taken after the Copyrights Office shared the protection with one artist for using pictures made using the Midjourney image generator. The office shared more on this case about how the report will also feature a third part soon that addresses any legal matters of using AI for training based on copyright content.
Many are certainly waiting for the third part more anxiously as it would transform the AI landscape for companies contributing to AI music, video, pictures, and more. This includes LLM tech giants like Google, Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI. All of them keep getting called out for using copyrighted material for training without getting exclusive permission. They’re all in line for battling major lawsuits for the same reason.
In the report, there are clear definitions of what copyrights means and that has to do with longstanding claims of how it applies to human creativity only. Now AI does serve as an important tool for bettering the whole creativity process. Certainly, the output can only be safeguarded with copyrights if human authors take a sufficient amount of creative control.
If AI is used to edit and refine words, or any kind of media then it doesn’t disqualify from attaining copyright protection and that makes sense.
Image: DIW-Aigen
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A recent update by the American Copyright Office has spoken about copyright protections from the government that could safeguard some AI-based content. Yes, this includes the likes of movies, novels, software, television shows, art, and more. The only condition is that a human was involved in making the contribution or ended up making changes to the related content.
The shocking clarity arose inside the latest document dubbed Copyright and AI Part 2: Copyrightability. This is said to be the second or continuing part of a report shared in July of last year.
The latest report confirmed how human creativity continues to be the main point for copyright law and IP (Intellectual Property) rights. This is even as so many AI tools continue to be used widely in creating commercial material.
The rights will also provide companies more reassurance that their business remains protected and their IP stays guarded at all times, even when the content gets marked with AI-based media. A common example witnessed last year was the festive commercial from a popular Carbonated beverage brand that used AI.
This is certainly a major step taken after the Copyrights Office shared the protection with one artist for using pictures made using the Midjourney image generator. The office shared more on this case about how the report will also feature a third part soon that addresses any legal matters of using AI for training based on copyright content.
Many are certainly waiting for the third part more anxiously as it would transform the AI landscape for companies contributing to AI music, video, pictures, and more. This includes LLM tech giants like Google, Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI. All of them keep getting called out for using copyrighted material for training without getting exclusive permission. They’re all in line for battling major lawsuits for the same reason.
In the report, there are clear definitions of what copyrights means and that has to do with longstanding claims of how it applies to human creativity only. Now AI does serve as an important tool for bettering the whole creativity process. Certainly, the output can only be safeguarded with copyrights if human authors take a sufficient amount of creative control.
If AI is used to edit and refine words, or any kind of media then it doesn’t disqualify from attaining copyright protection and that makes sense.
Image: DIW-Aigen
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