The intellectual property road to the knowledge economy: remarks on the readiness of the UAE Copyright Act to drive AI innovation

Q1 Social Sciences

Law, Innovation and Technology Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/17579961.2021.1898312

S. Al-Sharieh

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Copyright law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the capacity to address the challenges associated with artificial intelligence (AI)-generated literary, artistic and scientific works. Under UAE copyright law, AI-generated works may qualify as copyright subject matter despite the non-human nature of both the expressions and the innovative character they embody. Also, users of the AI systems generating works may qualify as the authors of these works and, in most cases, bear the responsibility for their copyright infringing activities. These conclusions rely on: (1) the premise that the notions of ‘work’ and ‘author’ for the purpose of copyright law are legal constructs, impacted by both socio-economic and technological factors; (2) the wording of the UAE Copyright Act, reflecting an underlying reconciliation between the economic and moral dimensions of copyright; (3) the potential utility of the UAE Copyright Act’s notion of ‘collective works’, which echoes the work-for-hire doctrine in other national copyright laws; and (4) the overarching knowledge economy-oriented policy in the UAE.

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知识经济的知识产权之路:评论阿联酋版权法推动人工智能创新的准备

摘要阿拉伯联合酋长国（UAE）的版权法有能力应对人工智能产生的文学、艺术和科学作品带来的挑战。根据阿联酋版权法，人工智能生成的作品可能符合版权主题，尽管其表达方式和创新特征都是非人性的。此外，生成作品的人工智能系统的用户可能有资格成为这些作品的作者，并且在大多数情况下，对其侵犯版权的活动承担责任。这些结论依赖于：（1）版权法中“作品”和“作者”的概念是受社会经济和技术因素影响的法律结构的前提；（2）《阿联酋版权法》的措辞，反映了版权的经济和道德层面之间的潜在和解；（3）《阿联酋版权法》“集体作品”概念的潜在效用，该概念与其他国家版权法中的雇佣作品原则相呼应；以及（4）阿联酋以知识经济为导向的总体政策。

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