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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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Copyright Infringement in edited photographs

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Often such audience, who can easily access any photograph, use these photographs after making certain modifications to them through photo-editing software like Photoshop, Adobe and many other photo modification tools. This act is often done without the prior consent or permission of the copyright holder or the photographer of the picture.

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Digital art protectable under copyright? Yes, says the Italian Supreme Court

The IPKat

As the well-known Sanremo Music Festival is approaching with the 2023 edition, the Italian Supreme Court recently issued decision No. This decision was rendered in the context of proceedings concerning the alleged unlawful use of an art work created using software in a past edition of said Festival.

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Thaler v. Shira Perlmutter, et al.: The Intersection of Human Control Over Artificial Intelligence and Human Authorship as a Necessary Requirement of Copyright

LexBlog IP

This decision raises many issues regarding copyright ownership that will require further court involvement and/or policy reform. The primary challenge arising from AI-generated artwork pertains to copyright existence and ownership. Copyright law traditionally assigns authorship to individuals who create original works.

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The US and Italy set precedents in copyright and art

Olartemoure Blog

The Italian magazine GQ Italia finds itself embroiled in a legal dispute stemming from the publication of an edited image of the renowned David sculpture. This incident has ignited a broader debate concerning the utilization of public domain artworks for commercial purposes.

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Using that classic piece of art on a book cover: Grr…

The IPKat

Works of art, in the form of the reproduction of a painting, frequently adorns the cover of a reissued edition of a renowned novel. Beyond the obvious attempt to draw a connection between the artwork and the book based a shared sense of the "classical", the artwork also seeks to evoke a more specific connection with the contents of the book.

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Generative AI and Copyright – Some Recent Denials and Unanswered Questions

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship. Perlmutter, et.

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