Copyright & AI

Copyright of AI Inputs

(Training Data, i.e., your published art and works)

• Lawsuits in progress

  • https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/08/books3-ai-meta-llama-pirated-books/675063/
  • Github Copilot lawsuit: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/tip/GitHub-Copilot-vs-ChatGPT-How-do-they-compare
  • List of other lawsuits: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/AI-lawsuits-explained-Whos-getting-sued

• Technical Countermeasures (Glaze, etc.)

  • https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/

Copyright of AI Output

(Who owns what the AI outputs)

• USCO: only humans can create; no copyrights for AI-generated material (March '23)

  • But what if a human modifies AI-generated material?

  • Jason Allen - Colorado Art Fair winner & USCO potential test case

• More guidance forthcoming

-- Preliminary guidance available at: https://www.copyright.gov/ai/ai_policy_guidance.pdf