Aba Book Club

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On site:

62 ABA Owerri Road by Gabby filling station Umungasi, Aba

Time : 4 pm.

As we read and explore themes from "SOME ANGELS DON'T SEE GOD" by Ever Obi

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About Saturday's meeting...!

We had fun.

AI assisted creative writing has come to stay. Policy makers and creative writers need to work out the legal framework regarding plagiarism and AI-generated copyright.

Our next book reading will be coming up on Saturday the 7th of February, 2026.

Many thanks to everyone who made the meeting a success.

Special thanks to Colin Okoli our moderator.

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Who Is the Real Author?

AI-Generated Intellectual Works!

Rampant social media copy and paste!

At the heart of these debates lies authorship: the linchpin of IP rights. Copyright law, enshrined in frameworks like the Berne Convention (1886), vests protection in "original works of authorship" fixed in a tangible medium. But who authors when a human types a prompt like "Write a sonnet about lost love in the style of Shakespeare," and an AI delivers verses laced with Elizabethan flair?

Plagiarism and intellectual property (IP) theft represent foundational ethical and legal breaches in the creation and dissemination of knowledge. Traditionally, plagiarism is the act of using someone else's words, ideas, or work without proper attribution, presenting it as one's own. It undermines the principles of academic integrity, originality, and trust in scholarly and creative endeavors. Intellectual property theft, a broader and often legally actionable offense, involves the unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution of protected creations—such as copyrights, patents, trademarks, or trade secrets—depriving creators of their economic and moral.

The advent of AI has not merely complicated plagiarism; it has redrawn its very contours. Traditional plagiarism detection relies on direct textual matches—tools like Turnitin scan for verbatim copies from published sources. Yet AI outputs often evade such scrutiny through "remixing": algorithms recombine phrases, structures, and ideas from training data into novel-seeming forms.

Legal consensus, particularly in the U.S., is unequivocal: Machines cannot be authors. The U.S. Copyright Office and courts have repeatedly denied registration to purely AI-generated works, as seen in the 2025 appellate affirmation of the Thaler v. Perlmutter case. There, inventor Stephen Thaler's "Creativity Machine" autonomously produced an artwork, "A Recent Entrance to Paradise," but was deemed ineligible for copyright because it lacked human involvement—autonomy alone does not confer creativity or moral rights the court held.

Here in Nigeria, Nigeria's legal framework regarding plagiarism and AI-generated materials is primarily governed by the Nigerian Copyright Act 2022, which requires human authorship for copyright protection, meaning AI-generated works are largely ineligible. While traditional plagiarism is handled via civil action for copyright infringement, AI-generated content lacks clear ownership, often leaving it in the public domain, creating legal uncertainty and potential disputes between AI developers and users.

As we commemorate "The International Day of Education 2026" today 24th of January, - Plan to join the Aba Book Club on:

Saturday 31 January, 2026
At No 62 ABA Owerri Road by Gabby filling station Umungasi, Aba.
By 4pm prompt.

Let's have this conversation: see flyers for more details.