人工智能生成内容的著作权归属与保护路径的法律分析

Legal Analysis on the Copyright Ownership and Protection Path of Al-Generated Content

摘要: 当代人工智能技术的快速发展使得社会生活中出现大量与自然人创作较为相似的具有独创性的生成内容，但这些生成内容的著作权归属与保护等相关问题对固有的法律体系产生了一定程度上的挑战。本文主要讨论AI生成内容在著作权法中存在的制度困境，深入探讨独创性与作者等核心概念在AIGC语境下的含义，并对现有学说进行深入的批判性分析，全面探讨其著作权主体资格认定与权利归属等问题，并提出系统的法律保护路径来解决这一问题。研究指出，现行的著作权法仍然坚持以自然人作为作者这一固有原则，这在一定程度上导致了人工智能生成内容陷入了权利的灰色地带。但科技仍需发展，这与权利保护形成了价值上的冲突。通过分析著作权主体资格认定，提出构建著作权法延伸保护与专门立法规制并行的双轨制体系：一方面可以通过司法解释将人工智能生成内容纳入到邻接权的保护范畴，另一方面建立相关的配套制度，为化解人工智能技术创新与现有制度滞后之间的矛盾提供理论上的支持，对完善数字时代知识产权治理具有现实意义。

Abstract: The rapid development of contemporary artificial intelligence technology has led to the emergence of a large number of original generated contents in social life that are similar to those created by natural persons. However, the copyright ownership and protection of these generated contents pose certain challenges to the existing legal system. This paper mainly discusses the institutional predicaments of Al-generated content in copyright law, comprehensively explores issues such as the determination of copyright subject qualification and rights ownership, and proposes a systematic legal protection path to address this issue. The research points out that the current copyright law still adheres to the principle of natural persons as authors, which to some extent has led Al-generated content to fall into a gray area of rights. However, technology still needs to develop, which forms a value conflict with rights protection. By analyzing the determination of copyright subject qualification, it is proposed to build a dual-track system of extended protection under copyright law and specialized legislation: on the one hand, Al-generated content can be included in the protection scope of neighboring rights through judicial interpretation; on the other hand, relevant supporting systems should be established to provide theoretical support for resolving the contradiction between Al technological innovation and the lag of existing systems, which has practical significance for improving intellectual property governance in the digital age.