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Rubberducking EU copyright law - Generative AI, machine learning and infringement

Trombitas Andersson, Monika LU (2023) LAGF03 20232
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract (Swedish)
Huruvida generativ AI utgör intrång i upphovsrättsinnehavarens ekonomiska
rättigheter är en normativ fråga som, på grund av rättssäkerhetsprincipen som
är en viktig del av rättsstatsprincipen borde kunna besvaras. Ändå verkar det
inte finnas något entydigt svar. Detta beror delvis på svårigheterna med att
utföra analysen endast på en abstrakt nivå när det finns en betydligt stor
variation av generativa AI-verktyg på marknaden. Ännu viktigare är att svaret
beror på en rad olika kriterier som för närvarande verkar att vara oklara eller
oprecisa. Ett avgörande från en europeisk domstol om artikel 4 DSM-direktivet är önskvärd för rättssäkerheten.
Abstract
Whether generative AI infringes copyright holders’ economic rights is a
normative question that, due to the requirement of legal certainty inherent to
the principle of rule of law should have an answer. And yet, it is not a clearcut case. This is partly because, due to the wide variety of generative AI tools
available on the market or under development, an abstract analysis on the
legality of all of these has its limitations. More importantly, the answer
depends on a range of different legal criteria, the interpretation of which is
unclear at the moment. Therefore, interpretative guidance from the European
courts is desirable for the sake of clarity and legal predictability.
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author
Trombitas Andersson, Monika LU
supervisor
organization
course
LAGF03 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Artificial intelligence, copyright law, EU-law, copyright infringement, data mining exception
language
English
id
9143402
date added to LUP
2024-02-02 12:39:45
date last changed
2024-02-02 12:39:45
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  abstract     = {{Whether generative AI infringes copyright holders’ economic rights is a 
normative question that, due to the requirement of legal certainty inherent to 
the principle of rule of law should have an answer. And yet, it is not a clearcut case. This is partly because, due to the wide variety of generative AI tools
available on the market or under development, an abstract analysis on the 
legality of all of these has its limitations. More importantly, the answer
depends on a range of different legal criteria, the interpretation of which is 
unclear at the moment. Therefore, interpretative guidance from the European 
courts is desirable for the sake of clarity and legal predictability.}},
  author       = {{Trombitas Andersson, Monika}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Rubberducking EU copyright law - Generative AI, machine learning and infringement}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}