DMLA Newsbreak - 9.5.23
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Federal Court Confirms That Copyright Registration Requires Some Human Input
By Nancy Wolff
A recent ruling by the D.C. Federal District Court ’s in the Thaler case affirmes the Copyright Office’s refusal to issue a registration for a work generated solely by Artificial Intelligence (“AI”).
Stephen Thaler, the owner of a computer system that he used to create a generative digital visual artwork entitled, “A Recent Entrance to Paradise”, attempted to register the work with the Copyright Office, naming the machine as author and claiming it was “autonomously created by a computer algorithm running on a machine.” Thaler v. Perlmutter, et. al., 1:22-cv-01564, 3 (D.D.C. 2023).
The Copyright Office denied the application on the basis that the work lacked the human authorship necessary to support a copyright claim. Thaler requested reconsideration from the Copyright Office twice and lost in each instance. In what is clearly a test case for AI authorship, he filed a challenge with the federal court arguing the Copyright Office’s denial was arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion.
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New Affiliate Member
DMLA is delighted to announce our new Affiliate member PIXMOLE. Pixmole was founded in 2019. They are an Ai based copyright protection platform operating in the USA, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Poland, Israel, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Brazil, Croatia, Turkey. They will be attending the IDMLC in October.
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Upcoming Events:
The Content Authenticity Initiative will be hosting a webinar on September 12 on How to restore transparency and build trust online. Learn more and book here.
The Visual 1st Conference will be held on Oct 23-24. As part of our partnership with Visual 1st, DMLA members may attend the reception on the 23rd and the conference on the 24th at a discount. (If you cannot stay for the Visual 1st event but will be would like to attend the reception on Tuesday evening, there is a $10 ticket fee.) Learn more and book here.
In addition, there are still spots open for the Visual 1st Show and Tell demo sessions. For more information go here.
Our friends at Henry Stewart Events will be hosting DAM New York on September 14-15, 2023. As part of our partnership, the HS team has set-up the code DMLA100 which will give you $100 off the conference fee. Learn more and book here.