Why US Copyright Office Says You Can't Copyright AI Images | MidJourney Artist Loses Copyright Case

Опубликовано: 12 Июль 2026
на канале: Smoking Robot
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The US copyright office ruled that Kristina Kashtanova can not get a copyright on her MidJourney generated images for her comic book Zarya of the Dawn.

They granted her a copyright for the text and arrangement of images, but not the images themselves.

The US copyright office says images generated by AI are not eligible for copyright right.

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