Prote\c{c}\~ao intelectual de obras produzidas por sistemas baseados em intelig\^encia artificial: uma vis\~ao tecnicista sobre o tema

TL;DR

This paper discusses the complex issue of intellectual property rights for AI-generated works in the arts, analyzing who holds copyright—creators, companies, or AI itself—through a technical perspective.

Contribution

It provides a technicist analysis of copyright applicability to AI-produced works, clarifying legal and technical challenges involved.

Findings

AI enables style recognition and content generation in arts.

Ownership of AI-generated works remains legally and technically ambiguous.

The paper advocates for a clearer legal framework for AI-created content.

Abstract

The pervasiveness of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is unquestionable in our society. Even in the arts, AI is present. A notorious case is the song "Hey Ya!" of the OutKast group, successful in the 2000s. At this time, the music industry began to make decisions based on data to strategize based on predictions of listeners' habits. This case is just one of the countless examples of AI applications in the arts. The advent of deep learning made it possible to build systems capable of accurately recognizing artistic style in paintings. Content generation is also possible; for example, Deepart customizes images from two \textit{inputs}: 1) an image to be customized; 2) a style of painting. The generation of songs according to specific styles from AI-based systems is also possible. Such possibilities raise questions about the intellectual property of such works. On this occasion, who owns the copyright of a work produced from a system based on Artificial Intelligence? To the creator of the AI? The company/corporation that subsidized the development of this system? Or AI itself as a creator? This essay aims to contribute with a technicist view on the discussion of copyright applicability from works produced by AI.