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> If the AI generates all the code, but then a human debugs it and alters it, is that copyright that can be owned? Does the entire code base then become copyrig
by Kerrick 4y ago
> If the AI generates all the code, but then a human debugs it and alters it, is that copyright that can be owned? Does the entire code base then become copyrightable?
I am not a lawyer and I did not research anything for this, but I'm under the impression that a derivative work of something in the public domain is itself copyrightable. If something isn't copyrightable, it's in the public domain. So, if you alter it sufficiently to create a derivative work, the altered form should be copyrightable. But the original would still be public domain. I think?
- datpiff 4y ago> derivative work of something in the public domain is itself copyrightable I don't think this is true in most of the world. Here's a UK referience: https://copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p22_derivative_works https://copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p22_derivative_work... "You cannot extend the duration of copyright in a work by creating a derivative work. If the original work is in the public domain, it will remain in the public domain; you cannot prevent anyone else using the same public domain work for their own purposes."
- vidarh 4y agoWhat you've quoted directly agrees with the interpretation of the person you replied to.
- andreareina 4y agoThe derivative is subject to copyright, the original isn't. If I make a new translation of The Count of Monte Cristo I own the copyright to the translation but not to the original story etc.
- victorbjorklund 4y agoYes, exactly. If you for example rewrite parts of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliette you have copyright on the changes you made. So the parts you didn't change are in the public domain while the parts that are changed you got the copyright for (assuming the changes reach the level of copyright and aren't just for example spelling errors). Same with code. If you extend a MIT library you have copyright to the changes you made but not the parts that aren't changed.