August 2023

D.C. Federal Court Says AI Generated Art Not Copyrightable

By Alycia S. Tulloch

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter August 2023

TOPICS : Copyright, Intellectual Property

After the years-long saga surrounding whether a two-dimensional piece of artwork created by Dr. Thaler’s Creativity Machine could be registered as a copyright, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a final order stating that machine generated artwork is not copyrightable.

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