"The purpose of copyright is, in short, to encourage the creation and dissemination of culture and knowledge. (...) Therefore, under the core principles of copyright, the use of copyright protected works for use in AI data training or programs would require permission," writes Dr Hayleigh Bosher a written evidence on copyright in the context of AI governance, human-AI collaborations, and new legal protections.
Ket recommendations:
- The use of protected works for the purpose of training and running AI programs is copyright infringement and therefore requires permission or a licence.
- A copyright exception does not and should not apply. It is not appropriate under national or international law to permit the use of copyright protected works for AI data training or the running of AI programs under a copyright exception.
- AI generated works should not be protected by copyright as they do not meet the legal requirements or satisfy the justification for copyright protection.
- Works created by humans with the use of AI as a tool could reach the threshold for copyright protection, but the scope of the protection should only extend to the original human creativity.
- The Government should introduce new rights to protect against the use of a person’s face and voice without permission by AI, in particular with deepfakes which is currently unregulated and poses a threat to privacy, misinformation and abuse.
Read the full evidence here.
This evidence was published on the 18th of October 2023 in response to the Governance of artificial intelligence (AI) call for evidence.