AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, says US Court of Appeals
The bizarre legal saga of whether an AI system can be granted a copyright took another turn this week. In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that works created autonomously by AI are not eligible for copyright protection under current law. The three-judge panel affirmed a lower court’s 2023 decision that only works with human authors can be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. The case traces back to computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s failed attempt to copyright “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” an eerie, dreamlike image conjured up in 2012 by Thaler’s AI…
