Artist Sues for Copyright Protection After Using 624 AI Prompts

The US Copyright Office was sued yet again over a piece of AI-generated art.

Colorado-based Jason Allen said the Copyright Office denied his attempt to register the work titled “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial” created using 624 prompts plugged into the AI-powered text-to-image generator Midjourney, according to the complaint file in the US District Court for the US District Court of Colorado.

Allen filed his application in 2022, but the Copyright Office said the work “lacks the human authorship necessary to support a copyright claim” in its refusal later that year, the filing said. Allen said he selected the colors, style, era ...