WASHINGTON: A US court in Washington has ruled that artwork created by artificial intelligence (AI) cannot claim copyright under US law, reported Western media on Monday.
US District Judge Beryl Howell observed that only works with human artists can receive copyrights.
She ruled in a case filed by computer scientist Stephen Thaler on behalf of his DABUS system.
AI Art Cannot Claim Copyrights, Rules US Court
Thaler’s counsel Ryan Abbott, has said his client strongly disagrees with the decision of the court and will file an appeal against it. Meanwhile, the Copyright Office, in a statement termed the decision of the court as correct.
The fast-growing field of generative AI has increased intellectual property issues. The Copyright Office has also refused to entertain the artist’s application for copyrights on pictures created through the AI system despite his claims that the system was part of his creative process.
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Thaler applied a copyright claim covering a piece of visual art titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” made by his AI system without human input in 2018.
The Copyright Office dismissed the application last year saying creative works must have human input to be copyrightable.
Thaler challenged the decision in federal court, saying that human output is not a concrete legal requirement so AI-generated art should be allowed to claim copyrights which would be in line with the US constitution to promote science and useful arts.
