AI Art and Copyright: Hiroshi Kawano's Artificial Mondrian

In the 1960s, artist Hiroshi Kawano used a computer program to predict Piet Mondrian's painting style and hand-painted the "Artificial Mondrian" series. This sparked a debate about copyright and artistic creation: did the algorithm infringe on Mondrian's copyright? The article explores the applicability of US and EU copyright law to similar cases, analyzes the "fair use" principle, and delves into data copyright issues in AI model training. The author argues that overly expanding the scope of copyright protection for Mondrian's work poses risks and suggests that the UK adopt an "opt-out" system similar to the EU's for AI model training data copyright, balancing the interests of the creative industry and the development of AI technology.