Re:Photographer wins 'monkey selfie' legal fight
by kbutler on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @08:42AM
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In spite of the downvotes, namelost is correct.
If there is not substantial creative expression by the user in the final output, then the output is in the public domain. And independent creation is a defense against copyright infringement claims.
"...authorship rights should go to the user when the user makes a very substantial contribution to the output. But when the user does very little and most of the output is left up to the AI machine, then it is less likely that the user may own the copyright in the output. " [CONTU 1974 - yes, 1974]
If there is not substantial creative expression by the user in the final output, then the output is in the public domain. And independent creation is a defense against copyright infringement claims.
"...authorship rights should go to the user when the user makes a very substantial contribution to the output. But when the user does very little and most of the output is left up to the AI machine, then it is less likely that the user may own the copyright in the output. " [CONTU 1974 - yes, 1974]
https://artlawjournal.com/ai-machine-copyright/