Copyright Office: AI-Assisted Works Can Be Copyrighted
2025-01-30
The US Copyright Office issued a report clarifying copyright for AI-assisted works. The report states that AI-assisted works can be copyrighted if human creativity is central to the work's authorship. This means human adaptation of AI-generated output with "creative arrangements or modifications" is protectable. However, fully machine-generated works will not receive copyright protection. The report follows a review involving thousands of stakeholders and addresses a growing need for clarity in the field. A future report will address the use of copyrighted material in training AI models.