Parts of Debian dismiss AI-contributions policy

Posted May 14, 2024 9:16 UTC (Tue) by farnz (subscriber, #17727)
In reply to: Parts of Debian dismiss AI-contributions policy by rgmoore
Parent article: Debian dismisses AI-contributions policy

Basically, the courts won't accept "but I got it from an AI" as an argument against copyright infringement. If anything, saying you got it from an AI would probably hurt you. You can try to defend yourself against charges of infringement by showing you never saw the original and thus must have created it independently. That's always challenging, but it will be much harder with an AI, given just how much material they've trained on. The chances are very good the AI has seen whatever you're accused of infringing, so the independent creation defense is no good.

Note, as emphasis on your point, that the independent creation defence requires the defendant to show that the independent creator did not have access to the work they are alleged to have copied. The assumption is that you had access, up until you show you didn't.