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Copyright and AI: Are Extant Laws Adequate?

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Big Data – BigData 2022 (BigData 2022)

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On September 22, 2022, the UK government released “Examining patent applications relating to artificial intelligence (AI) inventions: The Guidance”, which clarified nine implementation guidelines. It specifically states that in the UK, AI inventions in all technical fields are patentable, and AI inventions are not excluded when the tasks or processes performed by AI inventions reveal a technical contribution to known technology and are patentable qualifications. However, does the existing copyright system provide sufficient protection for AI's creative innovations? Starting from the existing legal provisions, case law and doctrines, this paper analyzes the different attitudes of the EU, the US, Australia, the UK and China towards AI output works, and examines the inadequacy of the current copyright system in protecting AI's creative innovations by combining cases and survey reports. Based on the above analysis, at the end of the article, suggestions are made for the improvement of copyright law for AI protection, and conclusions are finally drawn.

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  1. Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China

    **gyi Cui

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  2. Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

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  3. Anhui University, Hefei, China

    Yiwen Zhang

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Cui, J. (2022). Copyright and AI: Are Extant Laws Adequate?. In: Hu, B., **a, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, LJ. (eds) Big Data – BigData 2022. BigData 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13730. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23501-6_9

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