Volume 4,Issue 2
Copyright Ownership of Intelligent News from the Perspective of Production Process
Intelligent news, also referred to as "robot journalism" or "automated journalism", denotes a news production form where computer programs automatically generate and distribute news content via artificial intelligence software based on algorithmic designs. Its extensive application has triggered critical copyright controversies: Can artificial intelligence, as a non-natural person, be deemed an author? Does intelligent news satisfy the originality requirement of copyright law? Can it be categorized as a "work" under copyright law? If entitled to copyright protection, who should be the copyright owner of intelligent news? This paper probes into these issues from the perspective of production process, analyzing the generating subject of intelligent news, its eligibility as a copyright-protected work, as well as the rational copyright ownership and protection models for such content.
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