Takeaways From Gov't Report on AI Copyrightability

The U.S. Copyright Office's report on the copyrightability of AI-generated outputs clarifies that human authorship is essential for copyright protection and that works entirely generated by AI are not eligible for copyright. Partners Stuart Levi and Oren Epstein, counsel Jordan Feirman and associates Mana Ghaemmaghami and MacKinzie Neal discuss the implications of this report, including the copyrightability of human contributions to AI-generated works and the decision against creating new laws for AI-generated content.