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U.S. Copyright Office allows registration of computer programs w/ AI-generated source code excluded
Read more: U.S. Copyright Office allows registration of computer programs w/ AI-generated source code excludedThe U.S. Copyright Office continues to allow the registrations of works with some AI-generated elements excluded. Today, we canvassed the Copyright Office’s treatment of computer programs. Just last November, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that 25% of the company’s new code in its its programs is written by AI. That percentage is only likely to…
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US Copyright Office allows registration of AI-generated video based on editing of AI generated video, music
Read more: US Copyright Office allows registration of AI-generated video based on editing of AI generated video, musicThe U.S. Copyright Office recently allowed the registration of an AI-generated video with AI-generated music based on the editing of the AI-generated elements. The work is titled “Film clip for song Just Like In A Movie (SNEAK PREVIEW)” by Andrew John King. King wrote the lyrics for the song, with the music AI-generated, and then…
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Cancel culture strikes Christie’s auction of AI art
Read more: Cancel culture strikes Christie’s auction of AI artA group of 5,000 plus artists organized an open letter demanding that Christie’s cancel its auction involving AI artworks from the artists Refik Anadol, Holly Herron & Matt Dryhurst, Robbie Barrot and Ronan Barrot, Harold Cohen, Pindar Van Arman, Claire Silver, and others. (Update: we found the webpage listing all 34 lots.) Without identifying any…
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Copyright Office registers artwork collage consisting of AI-generated elements
Read more: Copyright Office registers artwork collage consisting of AI-generated elementsThe U.S. Copyright Office has allowed a registration for a visual collage consisting of elements that were AI-generated. The author remains anonymous, but the work is titled “A Collection of Objects Which Do Not Exist.“ The Copyright Office registered the work as “2-D artwork, images generated by artificial intelligence” on the basis of “collage, selection…
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US Copyright Office issues Report on Economic Implications of AI for Copyright Policy
Read more: US Copyright Office issues Report on Economic Implications of AI for Copyright PolicySomewhat surprisingly, the Copyright Office just issued another report (on the heels of its authorship and AI report). This one is edited by Brent Lutes, the Chief Economist of the Copyright. The Report analyzes The Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Copyright Policy. Here’s ChatGPT’s summary of the Report: Below is a bullet point summary…
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AI-generated image received copyright registration based on “selection, coordination, and arrangement.” Yes, in the United States. How?
Read more: AI-generated image received copyright registration based on “selection, coordination, and arrangement.” Yes, in the United States. How?As first reported by CNet, the AI-company Invoke, successfully registered a single AI-generated image for a work aptly titled “A Single Piece of American Cheese.” (Invoke is the author as an employer under the work-made-for-hire doctrine.) But Invoke did so only based on the “selection, coordination, and arrangement” of elements otherwise generated by an AI…
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Copyright Office Report on Authorship & AI (PDF)
Read more: Copyright Office Report on Authorship & AI (PDF)The U.S. Copyright Office issued its Part 2 Report on Copyrightability of AI-generated works. Here’s the Summary from the Copyright Office: Based on an analysis of copyright law and policy, informed by the many thoughtful comments in response to our NOI, the Office makes the following conclusions and recommendations: selecting, editing, and adapting after prompting…
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Register of Copyrights Perlmutter says Copyright Office Report on copyrightability of AI-generated works will be released soon. Will it take a more flexible approach?
Read more: Register of Copyrights Perlmutter says Copyright Office Report on copyrightability of AI-generated works will be released soon. Will it take a more flexible approach?Speaking at a conference at U. Penn, the Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter said the Copyright Office’s next report on authorship and the copyrightability of AI-generated works will be released to the public soon. I submitted a comment to the Copyright Office on this very issue. I hope the Copyright Office considered my views and…
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Allen v. Perlmutter AI authorship case scheduling conference set for Feb. 4, 2025
Read more: Allen v. Perlmutter AI authorship case scheduling conference set for Feb. 4, 2025The scheduling conference in the Jason Allen v. Perlmutter case in the District of Colorado is set for February 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom C-204 of the Byron G. Rogers United States Courthouse, 1929 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado. The case is assigned to Magistrate Judge Kathryn Starnella, after a referral from Judge Kato…
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Scholarship: Prompting Progress: Authorship in the Age of AI in Florida Law Review
Read more: Scholarship: Prompting Progress: Authorship in the Age of AI in Florida Law ReviewI am happy to share my article “Prompting Progress: Authorship in the Age of AI” is now published in the Florida Law Review. Download a PDF in the link: https://www.floridalawreview.com/article/126449-prompting-progress-authorship-in-the-age-of-ai
Category: Authorship and AI
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AI-generated image received copyright registration based on “selection, coordination, and arrangement.” Yes, in the United States. How?
Read more: AI-generated image received copyright registration based on “selection, coordination, and arrangement.” Yes, in the United States. How?As first reported by CNet, the AI-company Invoke, successfully registered a single AI-generated image for a work aptly titled “A Single Piece of American Cheese.” (Invoke is the author as an employer under the work-made-for-hire doctrine.) But Invoke did so only based on the “selection, coordination, and arrangement” of elements otherwise generated by an AI…