United States Copyright Law and Artificial Intelligence

By Zi Xi (Jacky) Chen

“Minimal Degree of Creativity”

Facts Original

Burrow-Giles v. Sarony 1885

Elisa Shupe & USCO

But there’s more…

Caveat… “selection, coordination, and arrangement of text generated by artificial intelligence…”

Prompting

Editing

Structuring

Matthew Sag, “thin copyright”

Satisfies both…

…a human-centred copyright process that unfairly privileges the abled.

Legal floodgates?

A Minimum Test?

Sources Cited:

• Lucchi, Nicola, “CHATGPT: A Case Study on Copyright Challenges for Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems”
• Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)
• Craig, Carys J, “The Evolution of Originality in Canadian Copyright Law: Authorship, Reward and the Public Interest” 
• How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright: https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-copyright-office-loosens-up-a-little-on-ai/ 
• Inventorship guidance for AI-assisted Inventions: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/inventorship-guidance-for-ai-assisted-inventions.pdf