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AI Generated Art and its conflict with IPR

IIPRD

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. There is a need to shed light on the legal status of AI which can help the courts determine whether they are eligible to ownership rights of copyright for their work or not.

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The Growing Popularity of NFTs: How to Protect Your NFT Personal Property Rights

LexBlog IP

billion in sales in 2021 alone, the non-fungible token (“NFT”) has recently undergone a dramatic rise in prominence in the cryptoverse, similar to the “crypto summer” of 2017-18 or the “DeFi summer” of 2020. With an astounding $17.7 million) knew that the NFT may or may not reference any art at all.

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Can AI-generated works be protected by copyright? No, according to US Copyright Office.

CopyrightsWorld

The US Copyright Office has determined that some AI artworks cannot be copyrighted in the United States. Last Monday, the Copyright Office issued a fresh ruling rejecting a request to copyright an AI-generated artwork. “Visions of a Dying Brain” created by AI. ” An Exchange of Letters with the Copyright Office. .”

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Is it possible to protect AI-generated works with copyright? According to the US Copyright Office, no.

CopyrightsWorld

The US Copyright Office has determined that some AI artworks cannot be copyrighted in the United States. Last Monday, the Copyright Office issued a fresh ruling rejecting a request to copyright an AI-generated artwork. “Visions of a Dying Brain” created by AI. ” An Exchange of Letters with the Copyright Office. .”

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UPDATE—New York Court Awards Statutory Prejudgment Interest to Grünbaum Estate’s Heirs

LexBlog IP

On July 12, 2021, Justice Andrew Borrok ruled that the rightful owners of two artworks by the Viennese Expressionist Egon Schiele (the “Artworks”) are entitled to prejudgment interest following an art dealer’s refusal to turn over the Artworks in 2015. [3] .” [2]. ” [10]. ” [10]. ” [10].

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Italian Supreme Court says that the quotation exception in copyright law only applies to partial reproductions of works, never to works in their entirety

The IPKat

Further to an appeal, in 2017 the Court of Appeal of Milan partly sided with the artist’s estate, but found that the unauthorized reproduction of the artist’s works in the context of the project and the book would not be unlawful. In 2014, the Milan Court of First Instance dismissed the action in its entirety.

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Artificial intelligence, machine learning and creativity in visual art: what are the protectability requirements? Part 2: the US Thaler vs Perlmutter case

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This AI system — the so-called “Creativity Machine” — produced the artwork titled “ A Recent Entrance to Paradise ”. as an author where it otherwise meets authorship criteria, with any copyright ownership vesting in the AI’s owner.” After its creation, he attempted to register this work with the Copyright Office. 102(a) ; U.S.

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