Decisions · Policy · South Korea

A study on the protection of AI-generated works, focusing on the degree of human involvement

Chanhyeok Park and WooJung Jon (KAIST) · 2024-12 · Proposal · non-binding

Copyright Quarterly (Korea Copyright Commission), Winter 2024

Protection of AI output

Can AI-generated work be protected?

Closer to AI output protected

Protect AI-generated works in tiers: stronger rights as human involvement grows

Why hereCloser to 'AI output protected': proposes protection in tiers, with stronger rights as human involvement grows.

What it says

The authors sort AI-generated works into four levels of human involvement, from negligible to complete, and propose a protection system that grants stronger rights as involvement increases. They note its weakness: only the creator knows how involved they were.

A Korean proposal for graded protection rather than an all-or-nothing human authorship rule.

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