Abstract
The current landscape of copyright law fails to adequately address the ever-evolving rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI). If left untouched, the legal framework risks falling behind the swift advancements in AI technology and will forever be left in a perpetual state. To address this challenge, copyright law should be amended to grant limited rights to the inventor/commissioner of the work of an AI system to reward them for the fruits of their labor. Alternative approaches, such as assigning rights to the AI itself or placing the work directly into the public domain, present their own shortcomings. Nevertheless, these methods fail to adhere to the principles of copyright law, as AI can never meet the current standards to establish rights under the current formalities, and placing works into the public domain fails to adequately reward a programmer for their efforts. This Note seeks to explain and address these complexities and propose a viable solution to reconcile them.
Recommended Citation
Scott Lu,
Deepfakes Under Copyright Law—a Necessary Legal Innovation,
48
S. Ill. U. L.J.
517
(2024).
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol48/iss3/9