On 16 March 2023, the US Copyright Office (USCO) published the “Copyright registration guide: works containing material generated by artificial intelligence”.
This is a short guide containing a “statement of policy” aimed at clarifying the position of the USCO regarding the examination and registration of works whose creation implies Artificial Intelligence (AI). This publication is a follow up to the several applications for registration of works generated by or through AI as well as a recent decision of the USCO itself concerning the “Zarya of the Dawn”, where some part of the works were generated by Midjourney. Read more