Abstract: According to reports from the Hangzhou Internet Court, recently, the Hangzhou Internet Court made a first-instance judgment on the first infringement case involving a "virtual digital human". The judgment of this case combines the application of artificial intelligence technology and the development status of virtual digital human beings, and analyzes that virtual digital human beings do not enjoy relevant rights under the framework of the existing "Copyright Law" from the aspects of rights subject, object, and right ownership. To define the copyright or neighboring rights of multiple subjects involved in the process of use, such as the virtual digital human ontology, Zhongzhiren, and virtual digital human operators.
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