Copyright Protection: The Rise of Robo-Rights! There’s a growing debate among copyright lawyers about whether the producer of graphical AI technologies, such as MidJourney and Dall-E, should be granted copyright protection. The rule of the Copyright Office, so far at least, is that they should not. Maybe, the Office suggests, if the artist demonstrates sufficiently creative prompts. But so far, the Copyright Office has rejected copyright in every case presented to it. AI Artists Demand Copyright Protection: The Rise of Robo-Rights! This conclusion is not just wrong. It is a strategic mistake. There is no reason under existing law why the user of a machine that produces creative work shouldn’t be granted a copyright. And the chance to craft a regime that could efficiently secure copyright to the users of AI is an opportunity for copyright generally that we should not miss. In a world where humans and AI collaborate to create art, we must acknowledge the role of the h...
