Artificial Intelligence And Copyright Law

As stated in our "Thought Leadership" document published in 2021, AI-created works of art and the notion of ownership and enforcement within copyright law are controversial issues worldwide.

Although there has been no new court decision or legislative regulation that could answer these questions in our country or around the world during the past year, the decision of The Review Board of the United States Copyright Office ("Board") dated February 14, 2022¹, which includes evaluations on whether artificial intelligence can be the owner of the work, contains substantial determinations in this regard.

In the related dispute, Stephen Thaler, who works in artificial intelligence technologies, has applied for the copyright registration for the work named "a recent entrance to paradise", whose image is presented below and created by the algorithm called "creativity machine".