Good News: AI Art Can’t Be Copyrighted
Corporate America seems intent on automating art—a horrifying premise that I personally feel betrays the entire point of art and, thus, hope fails utterly and totally. But there’s good news: this week, a Washington D.C. judge ruled that AI-generated art should not be awarded copyright protections because no human was central to its creation. US District Judge Beryl Howell’s ruling importantly notes that “human authorship is a bedrock requirement” for any content that wants to be copyrighted. Copyright protections have been one of the hanging legal questions surrounding AI-generated content and this ruling sets a helpful precedent that says that art should only be considered art when a human was the prime mover behind its creation.
