Comparative Analysis Regarding the Copyright Law on AI-Generated Art Between Indonesian and the United States: Unpacking Indonesian Legal Framework Conundrum

Abstract

Transforming every industry, artificial intelligence (AI) is influencing how people will live in the future. In this modern era, AI art generators have advanced to generate ultra-realistic art from text popularly known as prompts, where the generators could generate art that is abstract or astonishingly realistic to the point where people have difficulties distinguishing it from real-life photographs. AI doesn’t have common sense and original ideas since it only works according to the database where copyrighted arts are stored, lacking uniqueness and personality that only can be derived from human’s intellectuality. Protection is needed in the form that gives the creator exclusive rights over their intellectual property. There are several reasons why a computer-generated work autonomously doesn’t fall under the protection of both state’s copyright laws. Both states vest exclusive rights of a work to a person, which generally is the author or a legal entity. Meanwhile, AI is not acknowledged by both laws as neither a legal person nor a legal entity. Moreover, the essence of copyright includes originality, creativity, and tangible form. AI-generated art is not protected under copyright laws because of its lack of originality and creativity which can only be generated by human-created art. In conclusion, AI-generated art shouldn’t be protected under any copyright laws because it lacks human authorship and involvement. If The Indonesian government should take action to protect the intellectual property rights of their people, this is possible by amending the current copyright law to be more adaptive to the new technological advancements.