CISAC Comments on the US Copyright Office's Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on Copyright and AI

“Copyright exceptions do not exist to undermine the overall functioning of the copyright system and the interests of rightsholders, but to restore the equilibrium between the interests of rightsholders and the interests of the public. Taking this principle into account, even in the context of open norm systems such as fair use, rights may not be stripped from rightsholders simply for the sake of innovation. AI can provide many opportunities for improving society, but such benefits should not be won at the price of human creativity”.

This is the concluding paragraph of CISAC’s comments on the US Copyright Office’s Notice of Inquiry on Artificial Intelligence, available here. CISAC made its submission on behalf of its global membership on 31st October, responding to the Copyright Office request for comment on copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (‘‘AI’’) systems.