论人工智能作品的著作权法地位

著作权法的基本目标是促进社会文化发展,赋予作者著作权是一种制度工具,其条件是被激励创作的作品需有助于实现著作权法的基本目标。作品是著作权法的基石,其前提是由自然人作者创作,其特征包括多样性、价值性和稀缺性;它们与作品的可版权性密切相关,决定了著作权制度的必要性与合理性。无论是从著作权法基本目标出发,还是藉由作品的前提与特征考察,人工智能作品都不能满足著作权法对于作品的要求,从而难以成为著作权客体。对人工智能作品可通过网络登记加开放许可等措施予以管理,其对于著作权制度的挑战可以得到化解。

On the Status of Artificial Intelligence Works in the Copyright Law

While the basic goal of the copyright law is to promote the cultural development,it is only an institutional tool to grant copyright to authors,for which the condition is that the protected and encouraged work must achieve the basic goal of the copyright law.As a cornerstone of the copyright law,the work must meet the precondition that it is created by the natural person authors,and have characteristics of diversity,value,and scarcity.They are closely related to the copyrightability of the work and determine the necessity and rationality of the copyright system.Either from the perspective of the basic goal of the copyright law or the precondition and characteristics of the work,the artificial intelligence work cannot meet the requirements of the work in the copyright law,and consequently cannot serve as the object of copyright.It is suggested that the artificial intelligence work could be managed through measures such as online registration and open licenses,and thus their possible challenges to the copyright system may hopefully be resolved.