Balancing Innovation and Equity: The Global South’s Role in Shaping AI Copyright Policy
Annotatsiya
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now playing a major part in changing creative and knowledge economies around the world. However, policies guiding this change are primarily still led by the Global North, which may result in policies being formulated without taking into account the Global South. The article proposes an inclusive governance framework aimed at preventing digital colonization and argues that the framework must lower market barriers for Southern innovators. The article suggests different measures based on recent regional experiences. These examples include India’s case against OpenAI and also the Text and Data Mining (TDM) strategies of Latin America and the governance initiatives in Africa. Key measures include making AI training data disclosures and consent, using community-based models that formally recognize collective and indigenous authorship and benefit sharing with creators in the Global South.