A.I. is the Buzz... But Who Owns the Copyright?

A.I. this and A.I. that is growing as folks are chatting and promoting A.I. created content, logos, blog posts, and even chats… like ChatGPT.

But have you ever stopped to ask yourself, who owns the content created by A.I.?

As a business owner, this should be a big question because the answer I am about to share with you should influence your content creation strategy and your strategy to grow and own your intellectual property.

So… let’s break down the basics of Copyrights.

Copyrights are a type of intellectual property that says original created works fixed in tangible form are protected. The owner is the actual creator. Copyrights cover books, blogs, social media posts, graphics, photos, videos, gifs, music, poems, and logos.

Copyrights attach immediately (so no more mailing things to yourself if you were doing that). But filing with the U.S. Copyright Office gives you more legal rights to defend and protect your copyright creations.

If the original creator owns the copyright, then who owns creations made by an A.I. aka Artificial Intelligence?

Well…. according to the U.S. Copyright Office and a few cases…

NO ONE.

There is NO COPYRIGHT for A.I. created content.

What does that mean?

It simply means that if an A.I. created your logo, photos, blog content, anything… there is no copyright and no copyright protection. Any one can use it without permission and without your consent because A.I. creations are part of the public domain aka not private property.

Why?

Well, the U.S. Copyright Office basically says copyrights require a human element as part of the creation. Without the human creativity, there is no copyright boo.

You can use A.I. but now you know that if you want to protect your creations or logo… it is best to get a human involved, at least for now, unless the U.S. Copyright Office changes their mind and decides to apply copyrights and copyright protection to A.I. creative works.

Want copyrights? Use a human.

Not the human creating the work? Don’t forget to transfer and assign the copyrights to you or your business, or else… you still don’t own the copyrights even though you paid.

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