User talk:YastaBalista/Intellectual Property

With the addition of ChatGPT and other sources of AI, more issues have been brought up under the intellectual property scope. Some of these issues include the difference between works and idea, the use of generated images, works and voices, and determining what the difference between a work and idea. Ideas are concepts that someone has without having a tangible item to provide. Works are ideas written or developed on tangible material (3). Ideas cannot be copyrighted however, works can. When determining whether AI is deserving of copyrightable matieral, lawmakers and regulators have to determine what concludes an author. Copyrights are only given to authors of works to protect their work from being infringed. Nothing in the Constitution outlines the parameters of who is considered an author, however traditionally Copyrights have only been given to humans for their work (1)(2). The issue arises when an AI source such as ChatGPT uses ideas and concepts from authors' work to help develop a unique perspective on said idea. For example, at the time this edit is being written, the Game of Thrones author is suing ChatGPT for using Game of Thrones as inspiration to generate ideas, without the consent of the author. This falls under the topic of Copyright infringement as the Game of Thrones books and TV show is copyrighted material, so the issue revolves around if the copyrighted material is being infringed or changed enough to be in the Fair Use clause. This also applies to concepts such as deepfaked videos and voice recordings. The use of a voice without the consent of an author is another issue that arose with AI sources. Deceased authors and artists are having their voices used to make a new music, or clips (4). New rules and regulations are being reviewed to determine whether the use of fake material falls under infringement of material. There major issue in deepfake material is how a deceased person can defend themself. The laws in question are begging the question of whether a family or friend can speak on behalf of an artist, or if the artist is the only person who can defend his copyrighted material.