Source: Mofo Tech, By: Stephanie Lynn Sharron
Vendor procurement practices will continue to evolve in 2024 to reflect corporate AI risk management and governance policies. While companies are beginning to appreciate that vendor work product may be developed using AI tools unless their contracts specify otherwise, they have not fully appreciated what that means for their businesses.
If, for example, an organization is hiring a service provider to produce a work of authorship, and the organization values the ability to preclude others from copying, distributing, publicly performing, or creating new works based on the vendor’s work, then the organization may want to consider building clear guidelines into the service provider’s contract for whether and how generative AI tools may be used. This is advisable because, at least as of now in the United States, the Copyright Office has made it clear that there are some substantial hurdles to obtaining copyright protection for generative AI output. Software is a work of authorship under the Copyright Act, so this applies not only to the use of generative AI to create artwork or reports but also to the use of generative AI for software development.
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