The U.S. Copyright Office continues to grant registrations to copyrighted works with some elements that were AI-generated, provided that the human creator has (1) engaged in an original selection, coordination, or arrangement of elements or (2) added the creator’s own independently created elements.
The company ironetic received a registration for Senzia Opera, registered as a sound recording. Some elements of the sound recording were AI-generated: “music and singing voices by generated by artificial intelligence.” These elements are excluded from copyright.
However, ironetic was granted copyright registration for “story, lyrics, spoken words, and Selection, coordination, and arrangement of sound recording.”
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