Last Wednesday, the U.S. Copyright Office declared that the use of AI tools to assist in the creation process does not undermine the copyright work. This paves the way for the use of AI in post-production of movies. Studios, live and die on strong copyright protections and have expressed grave concerns regarding the use of AI.
In its report, the Copyright Office reiterated that human authorship is essential to copyright, and simply entering text prompts into an AI program is not enough to claim authorship of the output. This position leaves room for AI's legitimacy when used to supplement the creative process.
"The use of AI tools to assist rather than stand in for human creativity does not affect the availability of copyright protection for the output," the Report concludes. This marks a significant step in the AI creative debate. The Copyright Office had previously called for legislation to prevent AI-generated replicas that mimic a person's voice and likeness.
Essentially the Copyright Office is stating that work created by a "machine is not eligible for copyright protection." However, it has no issue with AI being used as a brainstorming tool, or to create outlines for literary works.
In ending, the Office stated that "in our view, society would be poorer if the sparks of human creativity become fewer and dimmer."
By: Jim Lavorato
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