The Ethical Legalities In AI vs AI Suits That Are Never Argued!

 

How many of the cases we’ve seen wherein one AI company sued another AI company for the violation of the BERNE or TRIPS or PARIS Convention? None! In the recent case of Grok VS OpenAI (or Musk VS Sam) too, what exactly is the dispute? That any non-profit should not be allowed to work for profit, else, this will send a wrong message, creating a wrong precedence! And secondly, Musk alleging that, OpenAI wanted to bring him as the shareholder, which Musk considered as bribe (check again for the exact wordings)!

 We have witnessed many cross-litigations in Tech Industry whether it belonged to the Search Engine Giants for monopolies under the Anti-Competitive / Anti-Trust Laws, or, of the IP (especially Patents) infringement cases going back to the 1990s, in which it was argued from  -> that the IP must be protected, to, one cannot enjoy the monopoly in the Market, citing examples of Netscape Navigator vs Internet Explorer, to,  Duck Duck Go vs Google Search! As we all know that to become the monopoly itself, certain backing is required!

But in the modern times, how many of us have witnessed that one AI company is suing another AI company stating that, if the dilution of the BERNE or TRIPS or Paris Convention is allowed, then, it would send  wrong precedence, just alike in the case of Musk vs Sam, wherein Musk has argued that, if the non-profits are allowed to go for profit, then it will send a wrong message & precedence! Back then, Nadella, when Altman withdrew from the Microsoft, stated that if today, these Gen AI companies, and especially signalling to the ChatGPT, are closed, then the IP of everyone would automatically be protected. Now I don’t remember his exact words, that’s why I’m not mentioning herein (sic), and as I couldn’t find that statement as well, so one can cross-verify that, and kindly let me know also if this is wrong!

Except for this statement, I haven’t heard from a single CEO in the World running any AI company that they should be stopped if they can’t protect the IP Rights of -> others! Yet, when it comes to Anti-Trust laws, to, Non OR For Profits cases, to AI companies’ own AI IP rights; then, they will come in the Media and seek their blessings to remain relevant in the Media for their own sake!

Thus, it would be a pleasure to hear from some CEO of any AI company that, what they’ve done so far by burning and butchering BERNE or Paris Convention or TRIPS, shouldn’t have happened, and initiate a proceedings just alike, in the case of Anti-Trust, IP Infringements, For or Not For Profit cases, and set an example to remain relevant in the media!

Am I missing something! 😊

© Pranav Chaturvedi

Patents AND Copyrights Offices Should Formulate Some Rules On Inventions OR Literary OR Dramatic Works Generated By AI, That Are Filed By Individuals / Companies As Inventors OR Authors!

 

I am not against the AI generated work. I am merely against who should be considered as the Original Proprietor / Author / Inventor of the work generated by AI! So far, there’re no guidelines whatsoever have been issued by the concerned offices, that if the work is generated by AI, then, the Author or the Inventor or the Applicant or the Owner, shall submit an UNDERTAKING clearly mentioning that they are merely the Owners or Applicants of the AI generated work, and not the Authors or Inventors; and then, such applications should be Accepted on “AS IS” basis work, clearly writing the same details.

The Social Media Usage May Now Be Considered As Equivalent To Smoking! Can Its Usage Be Banned At Public Places If Used Without Headphones? YES!

 

United Airlines has banned the use of mobile phones playing audio/video contents without Headphones. Should have been done by every Airline, Railways, Bus Transportation System etc. long back. Not only them, but playing audio-video contents on mobile phones at public places without headphones should also be banned at Coffee Shops, Restaurants, Public Places. People playing YouTube Reels, Videos, Instagram blabbering, at public places without using Headphones, anticipate that the person sitting or standing next to him/her would also enjoy their brain rot, or, 24/7 commentary videos. And as you cannot argue, you end up vacating that seat or place only.

You won’t believe, and in my earlier blogs also wherein I’ve shared the screenshots, almost a decade or less back, whereas Tweets or Emails that I had sent to these Social Media Platforms viz. Twitter, YouTube, Playstore etc. And I indirectly specifically solicited them to either make them Subscription Based, or, make User Registration Compulsory & Mandatory, and not further to arbitrarily assign these Blue Checks which they were doing since the year 2014-15; rather, make it Pay Per User based, the policy which was eventually implemented in 2022 by Elon Musk. Alas, it was already too late to do that! I also indirectly solicited for YouTube to stop their ridiculous Monetisation programs, rather, monetize it either vide Ads, or, Subscription based, leaving on the Prerogatives of the Content Creator!  Yet, they monetised even the Clickbaits, 24/7 News Blabbering & Commentaries. But then I realized one thing -> Maybe, these owners and employees of social media since 2005, wanted to recreate their own nostalgia of childhood what they always wanted to spread on the Internet. And when they got the funding from the similar behaviour & traits driven Private Equities or Angel Investors, they got & created what they wanted.

What the Australian Government did last year by banning it for the under 16, or, what now different governments are pondering to introduce mandatory KYC features for Social Media Platforms; which you won’t even believe I already wrote and published in my Blogs,  long-long back, shared even the screenshots, as early as 2013; and also shared with them! Yet, their childhood nostalgia thrived on the Internet!

Take this algorithm anomaly. I mostly watched Cats related videos on YouTube, or, listen to some music. Yet, my home screen would pop-up the listed category contents that I haven’t even ever watched, unrelated to the contents I watch, out of nowhere! How? And due to such many reasons, I unsubscribed!

So, coming back to the Topic! After this decision that the Social Media platforms are addictive, can it be used to stop USERs playing the audio/videos contents’ without headphones at the Pubic Places? The answer is -> Yes! And that must happen at the earliest!

Am I missing something?😊

© Pranav Chaturvedi

The Real Dilemma Of NOCs of Author(s) In Copyrights!

 

Authors) and Artist(s) can only be the Natural Person(s). Herein the dilemma ensues and how the TRIPS may be in the direct collusion with respect to the Territorial Laws of different lands. I’ll discuss that one by one hereinafter. But first, in short, the equations:

1.     Author(s) == Natural Person(s). and;

2.     Natural Person(s).equals (!Entity).

The Law Should Follow Rule Of Physics, And, Maybe Not Mathematics!

 

In one of my earlier blogs, I opined that, how the dilemma of trial can be circumvented by deciding at the time of framing of charges, the outcome, rather moving that to in future trial, because that is a mathematically driven resolution, which is incoherent with the subject of law that stands on the substrata of philosophy also. How? I give you some examples.

The Dilemma Of Myriad Licensing Agreements!

 

Disney signed a Licensing Agreement with OpenAI for using its characters. Whilst ByteDance danced on the Cease and Desist notice, and now have pledged to safeguard the IP Rights. At Least ByteDance took a pledge to respect the BERNE; UNLIKE other AI companies & search engines, who were training their modules vide scrapping WEB, and busy putting blame on the USERS only, for generating an infringed output. That’s why in one of my earlier blogs I’ve mentioned that, use these generative AI platforms etc. mostly either for personal use or for the R&D activities, despite of their non-deterministic nature.

The Coding, The Copyrights, The Inventions!

 

I was a Weekend Coder doing it for FUN. It started in 90s with C, then C++, creating for instance, dummy model of Train Ticket Booking System; and before that, HTML, for building websites; then, moving towards the VC++, Core Java, Javascript (for GUI; sometimes using Core JAVA for the GUI which was more tedious to maintain the flow of alignments; whilst sometimes using VB, which was quite easier), J2EE  / J2ME (JSP for WEB based), SQL, some part of Oracle for the backhand DB connectivity; until the APP era came in late 00, and then the Android, IOS, Windows, Blackberry (I presume) exponentially replaced the WEB development. Windows and Blackberry eventually vanished. But I switched on to the Android part basically where in the early 2010, building both the Native and Hybrid APPs on Weekends. if I correctly remember, in one of my APP, I used the GPS feature to draw an image automatically, while you move your cell anywhere. In another one, I used APIs of NASA for Mars Rover related APP. That was interesting! And the most easiest Language I would say would be PYTHON, if I’m not wrong. In the initial era of the coding, you had to define even the margines, alignments, and adjustments. When I was doing that with Core JAVA, C++, or, C, it was even more difficult. But with JS, always easier. And in the era of APP coding (Eclipse), it became quite simple. Then, I also did Coding at Embedded Level, designing the Circuits, or, controlling RASPBERRY PI vide Bluetooth APP that I built in Android, like creating a Prototype of fire extinguisher, NERF shooter etc. controlled vide my APP. This all I was doing on the Weekend for FUN, or while traveling to my workplace in the BUS. I even worked on building Drivers, that were more difficult to CODE than to build any Native or Hybrid APP. This all I did until 2016, then I lost the touch, and stopped doing so. And one thing in Coding is that, if you’re not Coding, for let’s say six months, then you’re as good as a fresh coder. Ask this question to any Coder. Today you’ve AI to CODE, which is more boring I would say.

So, from Breadboard to actual Circuits, from C to Android to cross platforms APPs, I always wondered, where can the inventive features be drawn in all this. Because at the end of the day, you’re using Libraries already defined, APIs been derived etc. At the embedded level, it was justified, as I myself worked on that. But at the basic SW level, let’s say for a web portal related to matrimony or social networking site; where one can find the inventive feature? At one point, when owners of these Social Networking sites came forward and said that, “The ‘LIKE’ Button Is an Invention! Then, I Honestly got Confounded and asked myself, could that be?”

What one thing I’ve found that, Computer Engineering is not an Engineering Subject! Nope! It should’ve been treated as Computer Science from the beginning, not Engineering. Further, if we wanted to add Computer Engineering as the subject of Engineering, then, its curriculum should’ve been amalgamated with:

1.     Embedded Engineering

2.     Electronics Engineering

3.     Computer Science

4.     And if possible, some part of Electrical Engineering    

These four subjects together should’ve been considered as the subject of Computer Engineering, wherein, then the scope of the inventiveness could’ve been more elaborated. That’s why anything Software related was mostly restricted to Copyrights only.

Am I missing something!😊

© Pranav Chaturvedi