Kenya Copyright Board finds insufficient evidence in record to determine if sufficient human intervention in allegedly AI generated work.

Kenya's Copyright Tribunal ruled that insufficient evidence exists to determine whether a literary work for 'Bible Scripture Stories' commissioned by the Aryeh Movement involved sufficient human intervention to qualify for copyright, after Cynthia Beldina Akoth appealed the Kenya Copyright Board's registration of the work in Aryeh's name. The Tribunal, citing U.S., UK, EU law and Kenya's Copyright Act, noted the record lacked details on how Akoth reportedly used AI to create the work.

Kenya’s Copyright Tribunal found insufficient evidence in the record whether a literary work for a series of “Bible Scripture Stories” that Cynthia Beldina Akoth was commissioned to write for the Aryeh Movement. The dispute centered around who owned the copyright if any to the work–Akoth or Aryeh. Kenya Copyright Board KECOBO originally registered the work in Aryeh’s name. Akoth appealed that decision to the Tribunal. During the course of the proceedings, a secondary issue arose whether the literary work in question even qualified for copyright because Akoth had reportedly used AI to help write it. Unfortunately, the Tribunal found there was a lack of evidence in the record on how the work was created. But, helpfully, canvassing U.S., UK, and EU law, and Kenya’s Copyright Act, the Tribunal stated: DOWNLOAD THE DECISION: