Human Authorship is a Bedrock Requirement
Federal Court Slams the Door Closed on US Copyright Protection for AI-Authored Works
SUMMARY: On Friday, August 18, 2023, the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion in the matter of Stephen Thaler v. Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights, Docket 1:22-1564 (BAH). The issue before the Court was whether an image created by artificial intelligence could be copyrighted. The Court granted the Defendant’s motion …