A Step Further in Collective Licensing for AI Training in the UAE

This started with the printing then photography, the phonograph, moving pictures, broadcasting, until the internet and software. Now, we have artificial intelligence (AI), used by almost everyone for any purpose.

The intersection of A1 and copyright focuses on two main issues: whether AI-generated outputs can be protected by copyright, and whether using copyrighted works to train Al models constitutes infringement. The law currently resolves the first issue: purely Al-generated works cannot be protected by copyright as the law requires human authorship. For the second issue — whether training AI models on copyrighted works constitutes infringement remains actively contested.