Legal Perspective On Copyright For Musical Work Generated By AI
- IJLLR Journal
- Aug 16
- 1 min read
Subhasis Nayak, B.A. LL.B., University Law College, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.*
ABSTRACT
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) increasingly progresses as an assistive tool in the music industry, questions arise in respect of the copyrightability of generated musical work. Whether the developer or the prompter is the author of that work is the pertinent question. Other aspects that will be discussed in this piece are rights incidental or ancillary to copyright like performers’ rights, rights of a composer and rights over the literary work within the music. It also argues about potential infringements by AI systems and enforcement of liabilities arising therefrom. Infringements while training an AI system and infringing performers’ rights post-generation shall be expounded upon. It argues that as per the provisions of the Copyright Act, and without any regulatory clarification, copyright on such generations subsists in the developer. The piece also puts forth certain open questions seeking regulatory clarification.
