The legal framework of ai-generated derivative intellectual works: an analytical comparative study

Section: Article
Issue
Vol. 26 No. 93 (28)
Published
Dec 1, 2025
Pages
71-107

Abstract

This research examines intellectual works literary, artistic, and scientific as derivative outputs produced by artificial intelligence using data and information drawn from diverse sources. It seeks to address key questions concerning the nature of AI-generated derivative works, their level of originality, the determination of authorship, and the potential infringements such works may pose to pre-existing copyrights.


In addressing the forms of legal protection, the study distinguishes between derivative works that involve human intervention and those generated autonomously by AI systems. It further explores the underlying philosophy of protecting AI-derived literary and creative works, emphasizing the need to maintain a balance between society’s interest in accessing knowledge and the exclusive rights granted to authors rights that serve to encourage creativity and innovation

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Author

Farhad Seaid Saadi1

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https://doi.org/10.33899/alaw.v26i93.54220
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