인공지능 생성물에 대한 중국에서의 논의 - Feilin Law Firm v. Baidu 사건과 Tencent Dreamwriter 사건을 중심으로 -

초록

Although various issues in the intellectual property law brought about by artificial intelligence are being debated around the world, these issues have not yet been resolved and are in a labyrinth. Under these circumstances, in 2019, two rulings dealing with artificial intelligence and copyright issues― Feilin Law Office vs. Baidu decided by Beijing Internet Court and the Tencent Dreamwriter case decided by Nanshan District People’s Court, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province were made ― in China, one of the leading countries in the field of artificial intelligence. The two cases attracted attention around the world, including Korea. In particular, the latter has been known as the first case of acknowledging copyright for creations by artificial intelligence. However, in both cases, courts held that works at issue were copyrighted works on the ground that they were created by humans using artificial intelligence or assisted by artificial intelligence. Nonetheless, in determining the originality of a work, the two courts employed different standards: The Beijing Internet Court considered originality as an independent requirement and judged it according to an objective standard, whereas the Nanshan People’s Court of Shenzhen regarded human creation as a subjective criterion as part of the originality requirement. In this sense, the Beijing Internet Court arguably had favorable attitude toward creations by artificial intelligence. An analysis of the existing and ongoing studies on artificial intelligence and copyright issues reveals that no consensus has been reached on the starting point of the discussion―how to define and distinguish human creations and creations by artificial intelligence in creations involving artificial intelligence. Under these circumstances, the rulings of the above two cases are of great significance and deserve further study in that the two courts resolved disputes over creations involving artificial intelligence based on their own logic. In addition, these two rulings can be regarded as reflecting the Chinese government’s policy to boost the artificial intelligence industry.

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