Who Owns the Output?
Hi Everyone! I'm curious if anyone has had discussions in their school about who "owns" material generated by AI. Is it the educator who enters the prompt? Is it the school because the AI was accessed via what the school provides? This isn't a dramatic issue, just more a curiosity over whether this has come up for you and if so, what was the thought process used and the decision made. Thanks!
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I’ve been thinking about this too.My instinct is that the person writing the prompt is the one who “owns” it. They’re the one making the decisions, shaping the direction, and turning the tool into something meaningful.But at the same time, I’m not sure we can really talk about ownership in the traditional sense. If someone else can generate the same, or very similar, output with a similar...
From my own library perspective, this is an important question because it addresses our recognition of intellectual property rights. I am curious to hear everyone's feelings since I think this will become a legal issue at some point. Personally, I feel that legally-speaking, if a district has a policy in place about ownership of things like lesson plans already in their district, then the same...
I really appreciate that you brought up the issue of intellectual property rights in your response, Rachel. At my institution, we didn't get to that stage because we had clear language around IP in our policies, but we did get to the place where we were talking about attribution and citing AI. It was important because we wanted to stress safe, ethical, and transparent usage. Reflecting back...