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Attempt to get copyright on wholly AI-generated art gunned down by US Supreme Court
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I got to read the reasoning behind the ruling. But what courts will usually do is not bother with details, once an application is wrong on technicalities. Which is probably the case here. We have a clear legal definition of what a legal entity is. And if someone puts in some nonsense, like AI being some kind of entity. Or like in the Simpsons episode when it turns out the nuclear power plant is actually not owned by Mr Burns, but by a parrot... Most judges will immediately dismiss the case and not bother with the rest of it because they have other stuff to do... I'll try to look up if it's like that once I have some time to spare.
It changes things, though. It'll be a slightly different question we get legal certainty on.
Cool, ping me when you're done reading up, I'm interested in hearing/seeing what you find.