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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. It cited its AI Registration Guidance, 88 Fed.

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U.S. Artificial Intelligence Notice of Inquiry – deadline extension

Kluwer Copyright Blog

copyright subsists automatically in an original qualifying work. Copyright registration may be obtained to create a public record of the work and to assist the copyright owner in enforcement of their rights. Copyright registration in the U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Office and the U.S.

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Award-Winning AI Art Not Copyrightable

The IP Law Blog

Allen won first place at the Colorado State Fair (the “Competition”) for the two-dimensional artwork entitled Théâtre D’opéra Spatial (the “Work”), which he produced with the aid of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). Allen did not agree to the request and continued to request copyright registration of the entire work.

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US Copyright Office and AI: Notice of Inquiry and the Théâtre D'opéra Spatial case

The IPKat

The USCO will use this information to analyse the current state of the law, identify unresolved issues and to advise the Congress. Midjourney The Work On 21 September 2022, Mr Jason Allen applied for copyright registration before the USCO naming himself as the author.

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AI and copyright in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AI-generated works have won awards: The Crow , an “AI-made” film won the Jury Award at the Cannes Short Film Festival and the story of an AI artwork winning the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition was reported in The New York Times. We were not aware that the image may have been created by AI” 2.

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Generative AI, Digital Constitutionalism and Copyright: Towards a Statutory Remuneration Right grounded in Fundamental Rights – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Apart from revolutionizing the creative markets, the ability to obtain new artworks with an increasing marginalization of human contribution has inevitably tested the fitness of copyright legislations all over the world to deal with the so-called “artificial intelligence” (‘AI’). ChatGPT , Smodin ), to perform music (i.e.,

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Generative AI and Copyright – Some Recent Denials and Unanswered Questions

LexBlog IP

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.