AI Works Cannot be Copyright. So, How Are Human Created Works Being Taken Down For Infringement Claims by AI Services?
Today, I opened up YouTube on my phone over breakfast and was presented with this video. Feel free to watch it, I'll wait... Now, I follow media law a little, I used to be one of the production team in two of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's capital city newsrooms. I handled audio technical production alongside the bulletin producer (a journalist) for ABC Radio's main bulletins on the hour in the two cities I worked this gig. Although I wasn't a journalist, I was frequently included in editorial discussions surrounding stories because the understanding that editorial policy was a requirement for my technical oversight of audios edits and live crosses. I learned a good smattering of broadcasting and copyright law in my 27 years with "Aunty." The standout takeaway, relevant to this topic - only a human can hold copyrights. A dog can't, a monkey or an ape can't. A computer system, sure as shit , can't hold copyright. As per Arts Law Austral