Copyright can bar using protected works as training data: Which of the following is an example of how
Copyright can prohibit or limit using protected works as training data absent a license or applicable exception.
The question
Which of the following is an example of how intellectual property law can affect the training of an AI model?
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- Copyright can bar using protected works as training data without a license or exception. ✓Correct: copyright can prohibit or limit the use of protected works as training data unless a license or a legal exception applies.
- Copyright automatically transfers in full to the AI provider once a model trains on the works.Plausible but wrong: training on a work does not transfer its copyright to the model's provider; ownership remains with the rightsholder.
- Patent law requires every training dataset to be publicly registered before any use.Plausible but wrong: patent law protects inventions and imposes no general obligation to register training datasets.
- Trademark law obliges developers to label all AI outputs as machine-generated content.Plausible but wrong: trademark law protects brand identifiers and does not mandate labeling of AI outputs.
The trap
Believing that training a model on copyrighted works transfers or extinguishes the rightsholder's copyright. How to remember it
Copyright can prohibit or limit using protected works as training data absent a license or applicable exception.
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