The Ho Chi Minh City Police's prosecution of the owner of the Dat Lanh Ao Dai fabric brand for copyright infringement is considered one of the first cases where artificial intelligence (AI) is identified as a tool to support the act of copying protected works.
According to information from the investigating agency, the ao dai design has been protected by copyright but is still copied, processed with AI tools and then continued to be modified to serve production and business activities.
If these contents are fully proven before the law, this can be considered one of the first cases in Vietnam to show that AI has appeared in a criminal case related to copyright.
Never before has the creation of images, videos or artistic products been as easy as it is now. With just a few commands, users can create products that previously took many days, even weeks to create.
But that convenience also entails legal risks that not everyone fully understands.
Many people believe that products created by AI will naturally be different from original products, or the participation of AI will help avoid copyright disputes.
However, reality is showing that the story is not that simple. Currently, many countries are still debating endlessly about copyright and intellectual property rights for products created by AI.
Over the past time, there have also been many lawsuits related to copyright and intellectual property rights when using AI between artists, publishers, news agencies...
The Ho Chi Minh City Police's prosecution of the owner of the Dat Lanh Ao Dai fabric brand for copyright infringement is a reminder and warning to those who create digital content, advertising, media, fine arts, music or any creative profession, to be more cautious when using AI tools in their work.
AI is opening up great opportunities for creativity, improving labor productivity and promoting economic development.
But AI cannot replace creativity in honesty and cannot eliminate rights to intellectual values created by other people's efforts.
As AI becomes stronger, the requirement to respect copyright and intellectual property also needs to be raised higher and more seriously, so that technology truly becomes a driving force for creativity instead of becoming the source of disputes and violations of the law.
