Development Contract Considerations for AI-Generated Works and Copyright Ownership

In a recent ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the court refused to register a work where its sole author was an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. This holding is in line with the Copyright Office’s guidance, as briefed in a previous Quick Byte, advising that AI programs are not eligible to be authors of copyrighted works….
By: Venable LLP