Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Seton Hall Law Review
Publication Date
2-2022
ISSN
0586-5964
Keywords
derivative works, artificial intelligence, originality, circuit split
Disciplines
Computer Law | Intellectual Property Law | Law
Abstract
This Article predicts that there will be attempts to use courts to try to broaden the derivative work right in litigation either to prevent the use of, or claim protection for, literary and artistic productions made by Artificial Intelligence (AI) machines. This Article considers the normative valence of, and the (significant) doctrinal pitfalls associated with, such attempts. It also considers a possible legislative alternative, namely attempts to introduce a new sui generis right in AI productions. Finally, this Article explains how, whether such attempts succeed or not, the debate on rights (if any) in productions made by AI machines is distinct from the debate on text and data mining exceptions.
Recommended Citation
Daniel J. Gervais,
AI Derivatives: The Application to the Derivative Work Right to Literary and Artistic Productions of AI Machines, 53 Seton Hall Law Review.
(2022)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-publications/1263