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Is a Text Prompt in AI Software the Same as a Brushstroke to a Canvas? The Copyright Office Thinks Not.
On September 26, 2024, Jason Allen sued the Copyright Office in Colorado over the Copyright Office’s 2022 refusal to register “his” work entitled “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial.” 1:24-cv-02665. The “his” in the preceding sentence is not my cynicism about Mr. Allen’s authorship of the work; it is simply the open question that can be objectively argued either way. Mr. Allen says it is his. The Copyright Office determined it is not. More >
No, Google, I Don’t Want You to Write My Letter
The 2024 Olympics have come to a close, and as we all look back on the memories made and records set in Paris (and Tahiti, of course!), I can’t help but focus on a commercial that irritated me to no end. The commercial promoted Google’s Gemini AI technology by featuring a proud father working with his impressionable daughter, who the ad tells us was looking up to track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. The doting but modest father explains that his daughter “wants to show Sydney some love (by writing a letter), and I’m pretty good with words, but this has to be just right. So Gemini: Help my daughter write a letter telling Sydney how inspiring she is, and be sure to mention that my daughter plans on breaking her world record one day.” More >
