Primates and Processors: Authorship of Non-Human Authors from Monkey Selfies to Generative AI

Primates and Processors: Authorship of Non-Human Authors from Monkey Selfies to Generative AI

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In an article published in the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, Partner Ariel Soiffer and Associate Arpi Youssoufian discuss US Copyright Office decisions related to non-human authorship, explaining that a human being must author a work for the Copyright Office to grant registration of a copyright for that work, as decided by courts and the Copyright Office. The article also discusses recent Copyright Office guidance on use of generative AI technology and protection of outputs from generative AI systems.

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