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U.S. Copyright Office says AI generated content can be copyrighted — if a human contributes to or edits it
AI filmmakers and creatives applauded the move — welcoming the opportunity to receive copyright protections on their work.
It confirms that human creativity remains central to copyright law and intellectual property rights, even as AI tools become more widely used in artistic and commercial creation. That should be a big deal for AI image, video, and music generating companies, not to mention large language model providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and numerous others — as they are all said to have trained on vast quantities of copyrighted material without express permission and are currently facing various lawsuits from human creators as a result. 3D animator Robert William Bradshaw shared a similar sentiment in an X post, writing: “This marks a historic victory for creators, solidifying the legitimacy of AI-assisted artistry and innovation.
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