article thumbnail

Generative Artificial Intelligence: US Copyright Office denies registration

The IPKat

Kristina Kashtanova applied and obtained the copyright registration for the work “ Zarya of the Dawn ”. In sum, the USCO denied the registration for the images generated through the AI system concluding that “ text prompts ” were insufficient to qualify as " human authorship ". The case In September 2022, Ms.

article thumbnail

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

LexBlog IP

In effect, Sanhi was attempting to register the artwork as a derivative of his photograph. On July 10, 2023, Sanhi requested a second reconsideration, this time asserting the human elements of the work and attempting to downplay RAGHAV’s role as that of an “assistive software tool” akin to Adobe photo editing software.

Artwork 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How A Century-Old Insight of Photography Can Inform Legal Questions of AI-Generated Artwork (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Copyright Office denied copyright protection for Kashtanova’s Midjourney-generated artwork, the Office found their work lacked the critical component of a human author. Copyright Office’s decision to deny Kashtanova copyright registration in their AI-generated art places artists’ rights to ownership of their works in question.

Artwork 95
article thumbnail

AI Art Registration Denied – The Copyright Review Board Tells Applicant To Gogh Home

IP Tech Blog

Among other things, the Initiative’s portal compiles registration decisions for AI-generated materials. Particularly instructive is a December 11, 2023 decision by the Copyright Review Board affirming the denial of registration to an AI-generated artwork. Copyright Office’s AI Initiative launched in early 2023.

article thumbnail

AI Art Registration Denied – The Copyright Review Board Tells Applicant To Gogh Home

LexBlog IP

Among other things, the Initiative’s portal compiles registration decisions for AI-generated materials. Particularly instructive is a December 11, 2023 decision by the Copyright Review Board affirming the denial of registration to an AI-generated artwork. Copyright Office’s AI Initiative launched in early 2023.

article thumbnail

U.S. Copyright Office Partially Allows Registration of Work having AI-generated Images (“Zarya of the Dawn”)

LexBlog IP

Copyright Office originally granted copyright registration to a comic book titled “Zarya of the Dawn.” copyright office for registration. In addition, for at least some images, she used imaging editing software (Adobe Photoshop) to edit or enhance the images as produced by Midjourney. For example, Ms.

article thumbnail

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.

Art 128