U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Thaler v. Perlmutter, 1:22-cv-01564 (D.D.C.) — copyright for AI-generated art
Court docket · written 2 June 2022 · released 2 June 2022
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The case in which the Copyright Office refused to register an image created autonomously by Stephen Thaler's AI system. The court upheld the refusal, holding that human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright. The docket shows the full exchange between the parties.
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U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. "Thaler v. Perlmutter, 1:22-cv-01564 (D.D.C.) — copyright for AI-generated art." 2 June 2022. Released 2 June 2022. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63356475/thaler-v-perlmutter/ (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0094).
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