A man who had created a work from an artificial intelligence and wanted to see it protected by copyright has just been dismissed by the courts.
The issue of copyright has become a recurring one in recent months with artificial intelligence, with artists asking that the use of their images by AI models be remunerated. But there is also another question: could an image directly produced by AI also benefit from copyright?
American justice says no
No. This is a summary of the response given by Judge Beryl Howell of the Federal District of Columbia to the request made by an American citizen to protect by copyright the work he had generated by IA. The plaintiff, by name of Stephen Thaler, requested that the court go against the United States Copyright Office (USCO), which had denied him the copyright for the work “A recent entry in paradise” produced by the AI Creativity Machine.
” Copyright has never extended to the point […] to protect works generated by new forms of technology operating in the absence of any directing human hand, as urged by the plaintiff here “, is it thus detailed in the judgment, which the media obtained The Hollywood Reporter.
A more complex future?
The judge’s job was all the easier because this particular work did not require any human action. But the next files in the future could be more difficult to judge. The USCO had itself explained last March that each case would be examined differently, and would be treated according to the degree of investment and work of purely human origin.
” The answer will depend on the circumstances, in particular how the AI tool works and how it was used to create the final artwork “, said the authority. The only fairly clear certainty is that works generated from simple prompts should not be entitled to special sympathy from the USCO. And in Europe then?
Source : Engadget
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