The US Copyright Office's recent guidance emphasizes that existing laws are sufficient to protect human authorship in AI-assisted works without the need for new legislation. Despite over 10,000 public comments expressing concerns about AI's impact on artists’ rights, the Office reiterated that purely AI-generated content lacks the necessary human control for copyright protection. However, works where humans substantially contribute remain eligible for copyright. Officials will continue evaluating AI disclosures on a case-by-case basis, recognizing the complexities in differentiation between human and AI contributions.
More than 10,000 commenters weighed in on the guidance, with some hoping to convince the Copyright Office to guarantee more protections for artists as AI technologies advance and the line between human- and AI-created works seems to increasingly blur.
The US Copyright Office issued AI guidance this week that declared no laws need to be clarified when it comes to protecting authorship rights of humans producing AI-assisted works.
The office further clarified that doesn't mean that works assisted by AI can never be copyrighted. 'Where AI merely assists an author in the creative process, its use does not change the copyrightability of the output', the Copyright Office said.
Because of 'insufficient human control over the expressive elements' of resulting works, 'if content is entirely generated by AI, it cannot be protected by copyright'.
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