AI’s Artistry Denied: No Copyright for AI Author

Summary – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld last week, in a first-of-its-kind case, the U.S. Copyright Office’s denial of an application to register an image purportedly generated entirely autonomously by an artificial intelligence system. While the opinion rejects copyright protection for works created solely by AI, there may still be room for protection of works generated by AI with a certain level of human involvement….
By: Ballard Spahr LLP