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No copyright protection for AI works without human creativity
The Tribunal considered Section 22(3)(a) and (b), which provides that a literary, musical or artistic work is not eligible for copyright unless sufficient effort has been expended to give it an original character and the work has been reduced to material form.
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.
