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Tragic Ending: Award-Winning AI Artwork Refused Copyright Registration

JD Supra Law

The US Copyright Office (CO) Review Board rejected a request to register artwork partially generated by artificial intelligence (AI) because the work contains more than a de minimis amount of content generated by AI and the applicant was unwilling to disclaim the AI-generated material. 5, 2023) (S. 5, 2023) (S.

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AI: The Copyright and Plagiarism Story of 2022 and 2023

Plagiarism Today

Typically, when I do these year-end reviews, I cover a wide variety of stories that happened and separate out the copyright and plagiarism. Simply put, copyright and plagiarism are two different things. 2022 was a breakout year for artificial intelligence in creative fields, and 2023 will likely be one too. Copyright and AI.

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Copyright Office Holds That 600+ Prompt Iterations Are Not Enough 'Human Authorship' for Registration of GenAI Artwork

JD Supra Law

On September 5, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office Review Board affirmed the Copyright Office’s refusal to register a digital artwork created with the Midjourney text-to-image GenAI tool.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

This Africa IP Highlights 2023 is the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2022, here.

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Copyright Office Rejects Another Bid to Register Artwork “Co-Authored” by AI

LexBlog IP

On December 11, 2023, the Copyright Review Board affirmed the Copyright Office’s decision to reject Ankit Sahni’s application to register the AI-generated work depicted above. In effect, Sanhi was attempting to register the artwork as a derivative of his photograph.

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Beijing Internet Court grants copyright protection for AI artworks, but copyrightability debate of AI-generated output continues

JD Supra Law

The copyrightability of AI-generated output has been a hotly debated topic before various Chinese courts since 2018. The latest Chinese judgment on this topic was issued recently by the Beijing Internet Court, on 27 November 2023.

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Ankit Sahni’s AI “Co-authored” Artwork Denied Registration by US, Continues to be Registered in India

SpicyIP

US Copyright Office issues another ruling on AI-authorship and copyright, reaffirming its decision to reject Ankit Sahni and RAGHAV’s artistic work. Subject work on which copyright registration was sought. Interestingly, the artwork also led to controversy in India when it was granted registration in November 2020.

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