COMPUTER PROGRAMS LEGAL PROTECTION FRAMEWORK WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHATGPT

Computer programs are protected by copyright both in the comparative law and in the positive law in Serbia. One or more computer programs together with electronic databases make up information systems. With the development of artificial intelligence, a wide range of sophisticated information systems have been created that can, as a rule, create or generate text based on user queries (e.g. ChatGPT). This paper provides a case study related to the generative artificial intelligence ChatGPT. Legal regulation of artificial intelligence-generated products from the aspect of copyright poses a special challenge. In this paper, the author puts a special emphasis on the comparative presentation of the legislation that regulates artificial intelligence from the aspect of copyright, stating the legal theory positions and judicial practice that claim that artificial intelligence-generated products have no place in intellectual property law. After the exhaustive comparative legal analysis and the case study, the author will propose de lege ferenda the legal protection framework for artificial intelligence.