What happens in a couple years when all this code that’s been written by Copilot and the like, Microsoft then turns around and says, “OH YEAH, BTW THAT WAS GENERATED BY OUR AI SO NOW WE OWN YOUR APP!” Look, most social media ToS says anything uploaded to their sites is owned by them now, royalties-free.
courts have already ruled that AI can’t own copyright. if it’s not generated by humans, it doesn’t generate copyright.
How does that interplay with the whole “Corporations are people” and if the corporation owns the llm, it could theoretically claim ownership of what the llm generates? (To be clear I agree with the decision that ai shouldn’t get a copywrite and don’t think corporations are people but I am genuinely curious)
dunno. I’m not an IP lawyer. however i’ve read a few case summaries where they’ve tried to say putting inputs into an LLM gives copyright and the courts ruled it didn’t. if it doesn’t work for humans, it doesn’t work for corporations either.
granted, the area of law i work in, there’s lots of difference between legal outcomes if you’re merely set up as a partnership instead of a corporation so who knows.
courts have already ruled that AI can’t own copyright. if it’s not generated by humans, it doesn’t generate copyright.
How does that interplay with the whole “Corporations are people” and if the corporation owns the llm, it could theoretically claim ownership of what the llm generates? (To be clear I agree with the decision that ai shouldn’t get a copywrite and don’t think corporations are people but I am genuinely curious)
dunno. I’m not an IP lawyer. however i’ve read a few case summaries where they’ve tried to say putting inputs into an LLM gives copyright and the courts ruled it didn’t. if it doesn’t work for humans, it doesn’t work for corporations either.
granted, the area of law i work in, there’s lots of difference between legal outcomes if you’re merely set up as a partnership instead of a corporation so who knows.