Who would get the Copyright if AI Starts Writing Books?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37591/jiprl.v5i1.1085Keywords:
Legal persons, Copyright, rights, duties, Artificial IntelligenceAbstract
Artificial intelligence is becoming more advanced and can generate content with little human input. Artificial intelligence (AI)-related technological developments have produced tools and systems that can create original content for various media. The field of intellectual property is now facing some intriguing problems due to this evolution, not the least of which is how to assign authorship to works made by artificial intelligence. This article first analyses if AI can be considered a legal person. The article also discusses the prevalent issues that can be brought up concerning conferring legal status to AI. The paper aims to analyze the legal discrepancies about granting copyright to AI-created works and the legal stance surrounding the same.
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