“Under U.S. regulations, human-edited AI creations – spanning from books to films – may possibly gain copyright privileges. However, AI-generated content lacking human intervention will not qualify for such protections. This is the conclusion drawn from a report the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) issued recently. The document lays down the possible scenarios where AI-generated content may qualify for Intellectual Property (IP) protections.
For instance, a film studio, after leveraging an AI program to ‘youthen’ actors or delete objects from a scene, could file copyright on that production. However, mere inputs like ‘a sketch of a springtime flower’ can’t be copyrighted, as the report clarifies.
The USCO stressed that such decisions have to be made based on individual cases. The question of whether ‘expressive’ and autonomous artistic choices made by AI systems can be copyrighted is still up for debate. The agency anticipates addressing this controversial issue in an upcoming report to be published in the following months.”
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