Copyright protection requires human authorship, a D.C. Circuit panel ruled Tuesday in a landmark opinion, a setback to efforts seeking intellectual property protections for AI-generated creations.
Computer scientist Stephen Thaler argued a copyright should be registered to his AI program for a two-dimensional artwork titled, “A Recent Entrance to Paradise.” But copyright protects human creation, and Thaler waived his alternative argument that he created the work through creating the “Creativity Machine” AI program, according to the opinion from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
The opinion by Circuit Judge Patricia A. Millett sided with ...
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