How copyright lawsuits could kill OpenAI
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The New York Times v. OpenAI, explained.

A New York Times copyright lawsuit could kill OpenAI::A list of authors and entertainers are also suing the tech company for damages that could total in the billions.

  • Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Works involving the use of AI are copyrightable. Also, the Copyright Office’s guidance isn’t law. Their guidance reflects only the office’s interpretation based on its experience, it isn’t binding in the courts or other parties. Guidance from the office is not a substitute for legal advice, and it does not create any rights or obligations for anyone. They are the lowest rung on the ladder for deciding what law means.

      • Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        8 months ago

        This ruling is about something else entirely. He tried to argue that the AI itself was the author and that copyright should pass to him as he hired it.

        An excerpt from your article:

        In 2018, Dr. Thaler sought to register “Recent Entrance” with the U.S. Copyright Office, listing the Creativity Machine as its author. He claimed that ownership had been transferred to him under the work-for-hire doctrine, which allows the employer of the creator of a given work or the commissioner of the work to be considered its legal author. However, in 2019, the Copyright Office denied copyright registration for “Recent Entrance,” ruling that the work lacked the requisite human authorship. Dr. Thaler requested a review of his application, but the Copyright Office once more refused registration, restating the requirement that a human have created the work.

        Copyright is afforded to humans, you can’t register an AI as an author, the same as you can’t register a monkey can’t hold copyright.