The death of the AI author

Protection of AI output

Can AI-generated work be protected?

Human authors only

AI authorship is a category mistake; authorship is a human, communicative act

What it says

Craig and Kerr argue that the question is not how capable AI has become but what authorship is. Authorship is a relational, communicative human act, so the idea of an AI author rests on a category mistake, and they reject calls for small doctrinal changes to make AI output copyrightable.

A widely cited theoretical case against AI authorship from Canada.

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