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On January 29, 2025, the Copyright Office (the “Office”) released its second report in a three-part series on artificial intelligence and copyright. Part 1 was released in July 2024 and addressed digital replicas. Part 2 focuses on the copyrightability of AI-generated work – that is, providing greater detail into what level of human interaction is required for a work containing AI-generated works to rise to the level of copyrightability. The report includes eight conclusions to guide copyright applicants and concludes that existing law is sufficient to address copyrighting AI-generated works.Continue Reading Copyright Office: Copyrighting AI-Generated Works Requires “Sufficient Human Control Over the Expressive Elements” – Prompts Are Not Enough

On January 23, 2024, the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs (ACA) released its draft “Approach to AI and Copyright” for public comment, to clarify how ingestion and output of copyrighted materials in Japan should be considered. On February 29, 2024, after considering nearly 25,000 comments, additional changes were made. This document, created by an ACA