Copyright Office Rejects Application for AI-Generated Work Based on a Photograph --
On December 11, 2023, the Review Board of the United States Copyright Office (Board) rejected a Second Request for reconsideration with...more
Court Grants Motion To Dismiss in Kadrey AI Training Data Case -
In a short but sharply worded decision, a California district court on November 20, 2023, granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss in Kadrey v. Meta...more
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Putative Class Actions
On August 18, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment in favor of the Copyright Office in Thaler v. Perlmutter, 1 holding that the office did not act arbitrarily or capriciously or...more
As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate new works has expanded rapidly, the U.S. Copyright Office has sought to keep pace by issuing guidance on the application of copyright law to such works. On April 20,...more
The expanding use of artificial intelligence (AI) programs to create content has, not surprisingly, resulted in attempts to register copyrights in AI-generated works. The Copyright Office has formally rejected two such...more