From now on, music created by AI can also be copyrighted

In the context that artificial intelligence has been able to create its own content, lawmakers are asking questions related to intellectual property rights for innovative AI products.

USPTO is a patent and trademark agency in the United States, seeking to legalize the creations of AI-created and public comment on this.

Accordingly, the agency is investigating the impact of artificial intelligence on copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights. They outlined thirteen specific questions, from what would happen if the AI ​​created a work that infringes copyright to whether it was legal, could provide copyright authentication to AI.

As AI gets smarter, the legalization of creative processes and work creation is essential.(Graphic: The Verge).

They started by wondering if the AI-created product coincided with another work, but without human intervention in the creation process, should it be considered as a work of copyright infringement? If not, what level of human involvement will it be used to identify the infringing factor?

Other questions that raise the same question are, for example, whether an AI training company has the ownership of a finished product? And is it okay to use copyrighted material to train AI in the first place? Should authors be recognized for their use of such works? If so, how?

Lawmakers often seek opinion from the public to get new ideas and listen from people who are working directly with this field. None of these questions has a specific answer in US law or any other country, but people have debated it over the years.

Programmers have claimed copyright to the works that their AI software creates.

'I think what we need to clarify before the law is the conscious steps taken by a human being. My opinion, if a work is created entirely by computer, there is no copyright issue there. But if someone uses AI to create and produce a work at the touch of a button, that's a different matter, '' said Zvi S. Rosen, a professor at George Washington University who specializes in law.

But things are not always so easy. Programmers have claimed copyright to the works that their AI software creates. This happened earlier this year in a distribution agreement that Warner Music brokered with startup Endel.'This is where it gets more complicated. I have no clear answer about that, ' Rosen said.

Questions like these are at the center of ongoing discussions around AI and copyright laws. It is a very messy topic and there is no clear answer. Usually, USPTO receives only a small amount of feedback from the public when they ask these types of questions. Meanwhile, most of the answers come from law firms or media companies that need to win for themselves.

As AI gets smarter, the legalization of creative processes and work creation is essential.'It is not surprising that USPTO does this. Perhaps all of us can see that future is approaching. Sooner or later, new laws must be announced so that things can work out, ' Rosen said.