The Copyright Office has a clear policy on AI.

An artist who infamously duped an art contest with an AI image is suing the U.S. Copyright Office over its refusal to register the image’s copyright.

In the lawsuit, Jason M. Allen asks a Colorado federal court to reverse the Copyright Office’s decision on his artwork Theatre D’opera Spatialbecause it was an expression of his creativity.

Reuters says the Copyright Office refused to comment on the case while Allen in a statement complains that the office’s decision “put me in a terrible position, with no recourse against others who are blatantly and repeatedly stealing my work.”

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    If I use a combination of words to commission an artist to paint a picture, I don’t own the copyright on that picture.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      If it’s a commission, you might. Depends on the how the contract is worded.

        • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          The contract is set by the company, let’s say Midjourney, which passes ownership to the person who generate the “art.” What needs to be defined is if ai generated art is art? So far, no one seems to have a definite answer. I come down on the side of yes, but there are a lot of others that say no.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            Which company passes the ownership to the person in its contract? Midjourney does not, I just looked:

            By using the Services, You grant to Midjourney, its affiliates, successors, and assigns a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicensable no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the Content You input into the Services, as well as any Assets produced by You through the Service. This license survives termination of this Agreement by any party, for any reason.

            https://docs.midjourney.com/docs/terms-of-service

            They make it clear that you do not own the copyright on the images you create. Did the artist suing the copyright office use this company?