Research on the Liability for Copyright Infringement of Generative Artificial Intelligence

Authors

  • Si Wu Law School, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu 233041, China Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63313/LH.9014

Keywords:

Generative artificial intelligence, Copyright infringement, Legal liability, Interest balance, Technological governance

Abstract

This article based on the core framework of the legal system and taking the Copyright Law, the Civil Code and other legal norms as the cornerstone, systematically reveals the application predicaments of traditional legal systems in the context of artificial intelligence. By deeply deconstructing the ambiguous areas of the originality determination standards for works, the expansion disputes of the constitutive elements of infringement, and the technical barriers of the causal relationship proof mechanism, and combining the judgment logic of typical judicial cases at home and abroad and the theoretical debates in the academic circle, it conducts a multi-dimensional legal analysis of the legal difficulties in the context of artificial intelligence creation. The research re-examines the legal relationships related to the content generated by artificial intelligence from the aspects of the configuration of rights and obligations of the subjects and the division of liability forms, and precisely defines the legal liability boundaries of multiple subjects such as developers, users, and platform operators. At the same time, guided by the theory of interest balance, it takes into account the needs of technological innovation and the goal of copyright protection, and explores a legal regulation path that conforms to the development laws of artificial intelligence. Through the construction of a forward-looking legal theoretical framework, it provides a solution with both theoretical depth and practical value for resolving copyright infringement disputes in the context of generative artificial intelligence, and promotes the formation of a new copyright protection paradigm that adapts to the development of the digital age.

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Published

2025-06-18

How to Cite

Research on the Liability for Copyright Infringement of Generative Artificial Intelligence. (2025). Law and Humanities, 1(2), 42–54. https://doi.org/10.63313/LH.9014