Ecologia Digital on Nostr: The "wildest wild card: The #USCopyrightOffice has repeatedly stated that works made ...
The "wildest wild card:
The #USCopyrightOffice has repeatedly stated that works made by AIs aren't eligible for copyright, which is the exclusive purview of works of human authorship. This has been affirmed by courts.
…for any company contemplating selling an #AIgenerated work, the fact that it is born in the #PublicDomain presents a substantial hurdle, because anyone else is free to take that work and sell it or give it away."
Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)
https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/20/everything-made-by-an-ai-is-in-the-public-domain/
The #USCopyrightOffice has repeatedly stated that works made by AIs aren't eligible for copyright, which is the exclusive purview of works of human authorship. This has been affirmed by courts.
…for any company contemplating selling an #AIgenerated work, the fact that it is born in the #PublicDomain presents a substantial hurdle, because anyone else is free to take that work and sell it or give it away."
Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)
https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/20/everything-made-by-an-ai-is-in-the-public-domain/