The Intersection of Copyright and AI: Issues, Opportunities and Legal Solutions

This paper discusses about establishment of Copyright Law through the Berne Convention, 1886 worldwide to protect the creator’s work as well as the moral rights of such work. It examines whether AI (Artificial Intelligence) is considered as a legal person as current legal framework and implications this has for AI-generated works, in terms of authorship, originality, and liability in the context of AI-generated context. This paper addresses key challenges AI poses to traditional Copyright Principles such as the concept of moral rights and the question of whether AI can be an author. It highlights the global legal uncertainty surrounding issues, with varying approaches across jurisdictions like the US, UN and India. At the same time, AI poses challenges to traditional Copyright principles. It also offers opportunities for collaboration and enhances copyright through tools like plagiarism detection. This paper proposes the need for a harmonized universal global legal framework to entertain AI–generated works, to balance the protection of the creator’s rights and also analyzing the existing legal frameworks, and case studies. This paper emphasizes the urgency of adopting copyright laws to the evolving landscape of AI – Creativity. And also the importance of ethical considerations and policy updates to ensure a fair and substantial ecosystem for both human and AI-generated works.