{"id":29438,"date":"2025-04-22T03:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=29438"},"modified":"2025-04-18T06:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:31:25","slug":"can-ai-content-be-copyrighted-by-kelley-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/22\/can-ai-content-be-copyrighted-by-kelley-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Can AI Content Be Copyrighted? by Kelley Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Can-AI-Content-Be-Copyrighted-by-Kelley-Way.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29439 size-full\" title=\"Can AI Content Be Copyrighted by Kelley Way\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Can-AI-Content-Be-Copyrighted-by-Kelley-Way.png\" alt=\"Can AI Content Be Copyrighted by Kelley Way\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Can-AI-Content-Be-Copyrighted-by-Kelley-Way.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Can-AI-Content-Be-Copyrighted-by-Kelley-Way-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Kelley+Way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelley Way<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cCan AI Content Be Copyrighted?\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>On January 29, 2025<\/strong>, the Copyright Office released its report on whether and when AI-generated content can be copyrighted.<\/p>\n<p>While the results were consistent with its previous holdings on the copyrightability of AI content, they did provide some clarity on their reasoning and when AI-generated content may be granted copyright protection.<\/p>\n<h2>The Verdict<\/h2>\n<p>As a general rule, content created by an AI program cannot be copyrighted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Copyright Office<\/strong> has a longstanding rule that only creative works authored by humans can get copyright protection \u2013 photographs taken by the Hubble telescope and paintings made by elephants are examples of other creations that fail to meet the human authorship requirement.<\/p>\n<p>So when an AI program provides the creative elements, the Copyright Office will deny copyright protection.<\/p>\n<h2>Their Reasoning<\/h2>\n<p>As to their reasoning, most AI-generated works are created from prompts provided by humans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Copyright Office<\/strong> compares this to someone instructing an artist to create a painting and then trying to claim authorship or joint authorship with the painter.<\/p>\n<p>In most cases, this won\u2019t fly because the instructions are simply ideas, and the painter is the one who supplies the creative elements.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s possible that the prompt is so detailed there are no creative elements left for the AI program to fill in, it\u2019s unlikely a person would take the time and effort to create such a prompt &#8212; at that point, you may as well do it yourself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In addition<\/strong>, the output from these AI programs is currently extremely unpredictable; the same prompt can generate different outputs every time it\u2019s entered.<\/p>\n<p>In the Copyright Office\u2019s opinion, this shows the user lacks sufficient control to be considered an author of the resulting work.<\/p>\n<h2>The Gray Area<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, there is still a gray area where a work contains content from both a human and an AI program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In this situation<\/strong>, the question is whether AI acts as a tool to assist the human, or whether it acts as a substitute for human creativity.<\/p>\n<p>The Copyright Office says it will decide this question on a case by case basis.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a human may feed an image into an AI program and tell the program to make certain modifications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If the modifications are specific enough<\/strong> that the AI is not providing creative expression, the entire result could get copyright protection.<\/p>\n<p>If the AI program does provide creative expression, then the AI program\u2019s contribution won\u2019t get protection, but the human authored content will.<\/p>\n<p>The same rule applies when a human modifies content generated by an AI program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The selection and arrangement<\/strong> of the content can get copyright protection, as can any artistic modifications the human makes to the content.<\/p>\n<p>Anything created by the AI program is still not protected.<\/p>\n<p>The Copyright Office covered other related topics, such as how this question is being addressed in other countries, but the summary above is the information most relevant to American creatives. If you have questions or would like additional guidance, you can reach me at <a href=\"mailto:kaway@kawaylaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kaway@kawaylaw.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to read more articles like this one Writer\u2019s Fun Zone? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/contact-beth\/#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscribe here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/07\/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-the-california-consumer-privacy-act-ccpa-by-kelley-way\/kawaylaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"kawaylaw.com noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19891 tc-smart-load-skip tc-smart-loaded\" title=\"Kelley Way\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/way18CRWEB-240x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/way18CRWEB-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/way18CRWEB-640x800.jpg 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/way18CRWEB.jpg 700w\" alt=\"Kelley Way\" width=\"150\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kelley Way was born and raised in Walnut Creek, California. She graduated from UC Davis with a B.A. in English, followed by a Juris Doctorate. Kelley is a member of the California Bar, and an aspiring writer of young adult fantasy novels. More information at <a href=\"http:\/\/kawaylaw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kawaylaw.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you use AI in your work, you may wonder, Can AI Content be copyrighted? Lawyer Kelley Way has the answer to your question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":29439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4659],"tags":[5323,6144,6145,447,991,934,1043,5409],"class_list":["post-29438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-ai","tag-ai-content","tag-ai-copyright","tag-copyright","tag-copyright-law","tag-kelley-way","tag-legal","tag-legal-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can AI Content Be Copyrighted? by Kelley Way &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you use AI in your work, you may wonder, Can AI Content be copyrighted? 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