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57 IDEA 431 (2016-2017)
Artificial Intelligence and the Copyright Dilemma

handle is hein.journals/idea57 and id is 449 raw text is: 431 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE COPYRIGHT DILEMMA KALIN HRISTOV ABSTRACT Authorship of copyrightable works has been a hotly contested issue in the American legal system for over 200 years. With the recent boom of artificial intelligence, more and more creative works have been the result of non-human authors. Computer algorithms and learning machines have become a new source of creativity. The U.S. Copyright Office, however, has been slow to acknowledge the significance of Al in the creative process by denying copyrights of non-human works and releasing them into the public domain. This paper addresses the issue of IP ownership of Al generated works. It argues that giving authorship to Al programmers and owners is essential to the future development of the Al industry. The paper proposes that instead of redefining authorship to include non- humans, it is simply necessary to reinterpret the terms ''employee and employer in the made for hire doctrine of the U.S. Copyright Act. This reinterpretation would allow the current IP system to continue promoting the progress of science and useful arts without a lengthy or controversial overhaul of the rules and guidelines currently set in place. CONTENTS Abstract.. .................................... 431 I. Introduction ............................... 433 A. The Social Impact of Al......... ............. 433 B. Al as a Tool of the Human Author .......... 435 Volume 57 - Number 3

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