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SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Not just jobs. AI can’t hold copyright. This could have messy legal implications.
Comment on "This could cost people their jobs": VS Code added Copilot as co-author without permission or notice
SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Not just jobs. AI can’t hold copyright. This could have messy legal implications.
vrek@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I believe that in theory but has that been established by case law or precedent? I’m interested because I have not heard that. I could totally see law makers say companies can hold copyright, company owns Ai system, company now owns the copyright to what Ai made.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Its well established law that human people must be the creator of a copyrighted work. There have even already been cases involving LLMs and other generative AI that have upheld the precedent.
vrek@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Interesting.
I was actually going to argue that the monkey selfie lawsuit went against that but I double checked some sources and I was wrong. The court actually found exactly as you described and that since a non-human didn’t create the media it could not be copyrighted.
Today I learned… Thanks!