United States of America: US Copyright Office rejects first application of copyright request for artificial intelligence system
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US Copyright Office rejects first application of copyright request for artificial intelligence system
On 12 August 2019, a copyright claim for a work generated by an artificial intelligence (AI) system was denied registration by the US Copyright Office with the reason of a "lack of human authorship necessary to support a copyright claim". The artwork had been submitted for registration on 3 November 2018 requesting copyright recognition including authorship of an artificial intelligence system which had independently created the artwork.
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Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Patent protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
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2019-08-12
under investigation
2020-03-30
under investigation
2021-09-02
under investigation
2022-02-14
in force
2022-08-05
in force
2023-04-24
in force