The Legal Invalidity of AI-Generated Modifications in Digital Illustration: Navigating Creativity and Copyright Boundaries

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This study examines the legal invalidity of AI-driven modifications of digital illustrations, focusing on the dilemma between creativity and copyright infringement.This research examines whether AI-generated or AI-modified artworks can be recognized as legitimate creative works under Indonesian copyright law.This study adopts a normative juridical method, incorporating statutory, conceptual, and case approaches, drawing on Law No. 28 of 2014 on Copyright and relevant scholarly literature.The results show that artificial intelligence cannot be recognized as a legal subject capable of holding copyright.AI-generated modifications are fundamentally derivative works produced from existing datasets, often without the consent of original creators.Such practices violate both moral rights, including the right to integrity and attribution, and economic rights related to adaptation and distribution.Furthermore, the lack of transparency in AI systems complicates accountability and blurs the boundary between inspiration and imitation.In conclusion, AI-based modifications of digital illustrations cannot be considered legally valid or ethically justified.Without proper regulation and protection mechanisms, such practices risk undermining copyright principles, harming artists' rights, and weakening the sustainability of the creative industry.

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• OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W7160014515
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.33021/ph.v12i1.6719