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Uzone.id – On December 12, 2023, the leading newspaper The New York Times filed a lawsuit against technology companies OpenAI and Microsoft.
The lawsuit was filed because the two companies used news from The New York Times for training chatbot their artificial intelligence (AI).
The New York Times said the move threatened its source of income by stealing billions of dollars in work from its journalists. Does this amount to Copyright Infringement? For that, let’s look at the article below!
News material from The New York Times is also said to be distributed verbatim to OpenAI’s ChatGPT users.
According to The New York Times, these AI chatbot products divert visitor traffic from genuine news sites, which reduces the likelihood of users visiting genuine sources for information.
This could impact newspapers’ advertising revenues and online site subscriptions, which are important sources of revenue for newspapers.
Thus, verbatim use of news material without permission may be considered copyright infringement and could potentially result in legal consequences and financial losses for the original copyright holder.
Disadvantages of Using News Material Verbatim
Use of news material by an AI chatbot without permission may constitute copyright infringement and could potentially result in legal consequences and financial loss for the original copyright holder. Traffic web is the number of visitors or traffic that accesses a website in a certain period.
Traffic web is an important component of a newspaper’s advertising revenue and helps drive subscriptions to online sites. In The New York Times lawsuit, the use of news material by an AI chatbot without permission could divert web traffic from the original news site to the AI chatbot, which could reduce visits to the original site and impact the news site’s advertising and subscription revenues.
Bern Convention for the Protection of Literary and Fine Arts as an International Treaty
The Berne Convention regulates copyright and is accepted by various countries around the world.
One of the aspects regulated by the Bern Convention is the use of news material verbatim without permission, which can be considered a copyright violation. The Berne Convention regulates copyright as part of intellectual property rights and establishes minimum standards of copyright protection that must be provided by member countries.
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in ChatBot AI
Based on Article 44 Law Number 28 of 2014 concerning Copyright states that stating the source is an absolute requirement to be free from violations. So the use of news material verbatim without permission can be considered a copyright violation and has the potential to result in lawsuits and financial losses for the original copyright holder.
Managing intellectual property protection in AI chatbots involves several important steps to ensure that chatbots only use legal, copyright-free content.
Before building a chatbot, companies must consult with authorized copyright owners to obtain permission and credit to use the content in the chatbot. Chatbots must be ensured that they only use copyright-free content or content that has been permitted by the copyright owner.
If the chatbot requires material taken from other sources, be sure to appreciate why the material is used and provide a link or reference to the source if necessary. If the chatbot will be available on various platforms, it must also be ensured that it complies with the rules and policies of each platform in respecting copyright and protecting users’ data.
With continuous changes in the world of technology, it is necessary to continue to develop and improve chatbots to ensure that they continue to protect intellectual property rights and comply with applicable regulations.
