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[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 26 points 1 week ago

Not just jobs. AI can't hold copyright. This could have messy legal implications.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

I believe that in theory but has that been established by case law or precedent? I'm interested because I have not heard that. I could totally see law makers say companies can hold copyright, company owns Ai system, company now owns the copyright to what Ai made.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Its well established case law that human people must be the creator of a copyrighted work. There have even already been cases involving LLMs and other generative "AI" that have upheld the precedent.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 5 points 6 days ago

Interesting.

I was actually going to argue that the monkey selfie lawsuit went against that but I double checked some sources and I was wrong. The court actually found exactly as you described and that since a non-human didn't create the media it could not be copyrighted.

Today I learned... Thanks!

this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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