The official ruling on AI creations has been made public.
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U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled that AI-generated artwork is not copyrightable. The judge was hearing a case against the U.S. Copyright Office, which denied copyright requests for images created by Stephen Thaler’s “Creativity Machine” algorithm. Thaler had repeatedly tried to list the algorithm as the author of the work and himself as the owner of the work, but was rejected.
Justice Howell wrote that copyright “is fundamentally based on human authorship,” and that works “without a human hand providing guidance” are not copyrightable. The judge also noted that humans will use AI as a tool to create new works, which will raise difficult questions about “how much human input is necessary to secure copyright in AI-generated art.”
Thaler’s attorneys have expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling and said they plan to appeal, while the U.S. Copyright Office said it believes the ruling was correct. The ruling is likely to further fuel the debate over U.S. copyright law and its relationship to artificial intelligence.
- Full text of the verdict below -
AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, rules a US Federal Judge.pdf688KB
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