COPYRIGHT AND LIABILITY FOR AI‑GENERATED CONTENT IN PAKISTAN: ASSESSING LEGAL PROTECTIONS IN DRAFT POLICY

Abstract

The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the production of content has opened up complicated legal issues relating to ownership of authorship, copyright and liability. The problem of AI-created content has not been studied in Pakistan yet, where there are still developing regulatory systems. The proposed study will help fill a significant gap in the changing legal scholarship by critically assessing the draft policy proposals regarding the role of copyright and liability regarding the works produced by AI in Pakistan.

The general aim of the stated research is to evaluate the current and proposed legal frameworks in the context of their suitability to legally safeguard all stakeholders (like producers and distributors of AI-generated content) in the creation and distribution of AI-generated content. It examines the compliance of the draft policy with internationalized norms and it pre-envisions possible juridical contradictions in issues of authorship attribution, author responsibility and infringement claims.

This paper analyses the language of proposed legislations in Pakistan through doctrinal methodology which is enriched with an avenue of comparative legal analysis with respect to jurisdictions like the EU, UK and the USA. The study also includes qualitative scholarly contributions regarding policy papers, legal analysis, and the view of experts to determine the feasibility of the proposed protections.

Based on the findings, it appears that although the draft policy that is realized in Pakistan is a step in the right direction where the challenges associated with unexpected outcomes in AI authorship can be better understood, it offers no clarity regarding the legal position of AI as an author, the extent of human control, and the liability process. This paper states that unless more clear definitions and enforcing mechanisms are taken into account, content creators and platforms will experience a lack of clarity and an even greater risk of litigation.

Finally, the paper demands a stronger framework that will consider the rights sensitivity, as well as incorporating technological realities with already existing legal doctrines. Its recommendations are an attempt at informing the lawmakers, digital rights activists, and technology developers to make progressive and equal AI governance in Pakistan.