Rachel’s Song – Part I: Rights of authors to music created by or with artificial intelligence under German copyright law
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As Counsel in our IP team in Düsseldorf, I support clients across Germany and internationally at the intersection of innovation and regulation in the media and entertainment industries as well as in the consumer goods and healthcare sectors.
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This Part I of the article examines under what circumstances those involved in the creation of music by or with the help of AI programs can acquire rights as authors. As a rule, there are no authors’ rights in music that is created autonomously by generative AI systems.
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