Tara O’Connor ⚡️Dec 21, 2022
Steve Lieber

Welp! "AI-Generated Comic Book Loses Copyright Protection"

The US Copyright Office "has now informed Kashtanova that it will revoke the protection, saying copyrightable works require human authorship."

https://aibusiness.com/ml/ai-generated-comic-book-loses-copyright-protection

AI-Generated Comic Book Loses Copyright Protection

The U.S. Copyright Office appears to be backtracking on its decision to grant protection to an AI-generated comic book, saying it 'overlooked' the use of Midjourney.

AI Business
Dec 21, 2022 at 7:49amWeb
Show threadConor C. Peterson Dec 21, 2022

@stevelieber Interesting.. 🤔

"The concept and story were created entirely by Kashtanova, with only the artwork being generated using Midjourney."

Would that not count as "human authorship"? They created the story, no?

Show threadGojira1000Dec 21, 2022
@stevelieber Good.
Show threadKaralynDec 27, 2022
@stevelieber Not yet, it didn't. "This article was updated on Dec. 21, 2022 to clarify that the USPTO initiated a proceeding to revoke copyright protection for the artist, but the outcome is not yet final."