AI, Copyright Law and the Requirement of Human Authorship

The U.S. Copyright Office recently proclaimed that most forms of AI-generated content are not entitled to copyright protection. This latest directive came in an official policy titled “Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence,” which effectively excludes AI-generated works from receiving copyright protection because they lack a human author.The U.S. Copyright Office recently proclaimed that most forms of AI-generated content are not entitled to copyright protection. This latest directive came in an official policy titled “Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence,” which effectively excludes AI-generated works from receiving copyright protection because they lack a human author.