Copyright Office Move May Limit AI Policy Discovery, Artist Says

An artist suing the US Copyright Office over its refusal to register a work created with AI argued against shifting his lawsuit to a specific docket for agency decisions because it could deny him the ability to seek discovery into the office’s analysis of artificial intelligence.

The Copyright Office moved Monday to reassign plaintiff Jason Allen’s case to the court’s “AP” docket, arguing the suit qualifies because the court’s AP rules apply to cases “concerning an action or final decision of an administrative agency.” But Allen, in a separate Monday filing, said the docket limits discovery and he may ...