Copyright Protection of Works Created by Artificial Intelligence
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This research aimed to explore the problems related to works created by artificial general intelligence under Thai copyright law. In particular, Artificial Intelligence can create works on its own, both intentionally and independently. This research is documentary research, whereby Thai copyright law is discussed in comparison with the copyright law of the United Kingdom, the copyright law of the United States, and the European Union Database Directive. Additionally, the author has studied recommendations from international copyright law organizations and foreign court judgments. According to the study, this research has proposed that works created by artificial intelligence should be protected under Thai copyright law by sui generis rights. Finally, this researcher also proposes that programmers who created artificial intelligence or creators of artificial intelligence should have exclusive rights to works created by artificial intelligence because they are investors in the development and creation of artificial intelligence.
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