AI Artist Asks For Full DC Circuit Review of Copyright Ruling

Artist Stephen Thaler argues a DC Circuit panel erroneously denied reconsideration of his rejected copyright application for an AI-generated artwork because it lacked human authorship.

The decision favoring the US Copyright Office warrants en banc review because the Copyright Act contains no language requiring a human author, according to the petition filed May 2 in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

The Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practice’s, an internal manual of registration policies and procedures, rejects copyright registration for works without human involvement, the filing said. But the US Supreme Court ruled in ...