Ibi
Swift yabikoze ku wa 24 Mata 2026, aho binyuze mu kigo cye TAS Rights
Management yashyikirije ubusabe butatu Urwego rushinzwe ibirango muri Amerika,
United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Muri
ubwo busabe, harimo uburenganzira ku majwi abiri azwi cyane, arimo amagambo
agira ati: “Hey, it’s Taylor Swift” ndetse na “Hey, it’s Taylor.” Aya majwi
asanzwe akoreshwa mu kwamamaza ibikorwa bye birimo album nshya yise “The Life
of a Showgirl”.
Hari
kandi n’ifoto imwe yashyiriweho uburenganzira, igaragaza Swift ari ku rubyiniro
afite gitari y’umutuku, yambaye imyenda irabagirana, ari mu mucyo w’amabara
atandukanye, isura ishobora kwifashishwa mu buryo bwa AI igahindurwa cyangwa
igakoreshwa nabi.
Icyatumye
Swift afata iki cyemezo ni ukwiyongera kw’ikoranabuhanga rishobora kwigana neza
ijwi n’isura by’abahanzi (deepfake), rikabikoresha mu buryo butemewe.
Mu
bihe byashize, ijwi n’isura bye byagiye bikoreshwa mu kwamamaza ibicuruzwa
atigeze yemera, mu by’imikino ya politiki ndetse no mu mashusho y’urukozasoni
yasakajwe ku mbuga nkoranyambaga.
Nko
mu gihe cy’amatora ya Perezida wa Amerika ya 2024, higeze gukwirakwira
amashusho yakozwe na AI agaragaza Swift ashyigikiye Donald Trump, ibintu
byagaragaye ko ari ibinyoma.
Impuguke
mu by’amategeko y’umutungo bwite mu by’ubwenge, zivuga ko iki gikorwa cya Swift
gishobora gufungura inzira nshya mu kurinda abahanzi mu gihe cya AI.
Zigaragaza
ko nubwo hari amategeko asanzwe arengera isura n’izina ry’umuntu (Right of Publicity),
gushinganisha ijwi n’isura bye bishobora kongeramo uburinzi bukomeye kuko
bishobora gukurikiranwa ku rwego rw’igihugu hose.
By’umwihariko,
gushyiraho uburenganzira ku ijwi (sound mark) ni ikintu gishya kitarageragezwa
cyane mu nkiko, ariko gishobora kuba igisubizo ku kibazo cya AI ishobora gukora
amajwi mashya asa neza n’ay’umuhanzi itifashishije indirimbo ze zisanzwe.
Swift
si we wenyine uri gufata izi ngamba. Umukinnyi wa filime Matthew McConaughey na
we yamaze gusaba uburenganzira ku ijwi n’imvugo ye izwi cyane “Alright,
alright, alright!” yakoresheje muri filime Dazed and Confused.
Uyu
mukinnyi yavuze ko intego ari ukugira ngo igihe cyose ijwi cyangwa isura bye
byakoreshejwe, bibe byemewe na we kandi abifite uburenganzira busesuye.
Nubwo
ibi Swift n’abandi batangiye gukora bifatwa nk’intambwe ikomeye, haracyari
urujijo ku buryo amategeko ya ‘trademark’ azakoreshwa mu guhangana n’ibikorwa
bya AI.
Gusa,
abasesenguzi bemeza ko ari intangiriro y’igihe gishya aho abahanzi bagomba
gushaka uburyo bushya bwo kurinda ibyo baremye n’umwirondoro wabo mu isi igenda
irushaho kugengwa n’ikoranabuhanga.

