Tribunal: No copyright protection for AI works without human creativity

Under Kenyan law, aspects of works generated by AI are not eligible for copyright protection unless an author can distinguish or demonstrate sufficient human intervention or effort giving the work an original character.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) generated works cannot enjoy copyright protection in Kenya unless an author can demonstrate sufficient human effort and creative intervention to give them an original character, the Copyright Tribunal has said.

The Tribunal further observed that under Kenyan law, aspects of works generated by AI are not eligible for copyright protection unless an author can distinguish or demonstrate sufficient human intervention or effort giving the work an original character.

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