Redesigning the ownership of artworks: Artificial and robotic intelligence

Authors

Abstract

We dare to affirm there is no area of knowledge where robotic-artificial intelligence duo has not entered yet; and that currently one of the main questions revolves around the possibility of granting a specific legal personality to certain kind of robots and consequently the conferring of ownership over certain rights; in this sense, an unresolved question is who owns the artworks created by artificial intelligence. Beyond an “implied” ownership, the current state of creations makes it necessary to execute a serious analysis related to the varying possibilities still covered by a character of absolute negation or reasonable doubt.

Keywords:

Robots, artificial intelligence, legal personality, art, copyright

Author Biography

Ana Karin Chávez Valdivia, Dra., Universidad La Salle de Arequipa

Ana Karin Chávez Valdivia es abogada. Doctora en Derecho y magíster en Derecho de la Empresa por la Universidad Católica de Santa María, Perú. Magister en Nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Instituto Europeo Campus Stealle, España. Especialista en Derecho Informático y Gobierno Electrónico por la Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Perú. Conciliadora extrajudicial. Directora del Departamento Académico de Ciencias Jurídicas. Docente asociada e investigadora de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad La Salle de Arequipa, Perú.

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