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Freeman writes:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/us-rejects-ai-copyright-for-famous-state-fair-winning-midjourney-art/

On Tuesday, the US Copyright Office Review Board rejected copyright protection for an AI-generated artwork that won a Colorado State Fair art contest last year because it lacks human authorship required for registration, Reuters reports. The win, which was widely covered in the press at the time, ignited controversy over the ethics of AI-generated artwork.
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In August 2022, Artist Jason M. Allen created the piece in question, titled Theatre D'opera Spatial, using the Midjourney image synthesis service, which was relatively new at the time. The image depicting a futuristic royal scene won top prize in the fair's "Digital Arts/Digitally Manipulated Photography" category.
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This is not the first time the Copyright Office has rejected AI-generated artwork. In February, it revoked copyright protection for images made by artist Kris Kashtanova using Midjourney for the graphic novel Zarya of the Dawn but allowed copyrighting the human-arranged portions of the work.

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Original Submission

1. "Freeman" - https://soylentnews.org/~Freeman/
2. "rejected" - https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/byprrqkqxpe/AI%20COPYRIGHT%20REGISTRATION%20decision.pdf
3. "won a Colorado State Fair art contest" - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/08/ai-wins-state-fair-art-contest-annoys-humans/
4. "reports" - https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-copyright-office-denies-protection-another-ai-created-image-2023-09-06/
5. "widely covered" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_d'Op%C3%A9ra_Spatial
6. "Midjourney" - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/ai-imager-midjourney-v5-stuns-with-photorealistic-images-and-5-fingered-hands/
7. "revoked copyright protection" - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/us-copyright-office-withdraws-copyright-for-ai-generated-comic-artwork/
8. "Zarya of the Dawn" - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/09/artist-receives-first-known-us-copyright-registration-for-generative-ai-art/
9. "AI Systems Can't Patent Inventions, US Federal Circuit Court Confirms" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/08/09/0215225
10. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=60748

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