A study on copyright issues of AI-generated works in China

This article discusses the copyright issues involved in Chinas artificial intelligence-generated works, focusing on two core controversial points: copyrightability and copyright attribution. The article systematically reviews the different views of academic circles and judicial practice at home and abroad: in terms of copyrightability, supporters believe that the works generated by artificial intelligence meet the basic standards of originality and intellectual creation, while opponents emphasize that they lack human subjectivity and direct intellectual control. In terms of copyright attribution, the main views include the theory of artificial intelligence attribution, the theory of artificial intelligence user attribution and the theory of investor attribution. The author believes that the works generated by artificial intelligence should be copyrighted, and proposes to adopt the practice of user ownership as the principle. This method will include clarifying the legislation on the nature of the work, establishing a traceability mechanism, and limiting the protection period to a certain range to balance innovation incentives and public interests, so as to provide theoretical reference for Chinas artificial intelligence copyright framework.