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Copyright Office AI report, Part 2 — copyrightability (January 2025)
AI-use reference. Released January 29, 2025; report under existing copyright law. Applies to: Authorship and protection of works made with generative AI. Requirements or purpose: The report distinguishes protectable human expression, selection and modification…
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AI-use reference. Released January 29, 2025; report under existing copyright law. Applies to: Authorship and protection of works made with generative AI. Requirements or purpose: The report distinguishes protectable human expression, selection and modification from purely machine-generated material. Prompts alone generally do not provide sufficient expressive control in the technologies analyzed. Limits: The report is explanatory analysis, not a new statute or a blanket prohibition on AI-assisted work. Human contribution is assessed case by case.
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- January 29, 2025
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- AI governance and legal reference
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- Federal agencies
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Official source reviewed October 26, 2026. Official interpretive report; not new legislation. Dates/version: 2025-01-29. Locator: Physical PDF p 8 (printed iii), conclusions; printed pp 5–27 on authorship The report is explanatory analysis, not a new statute or a blanket prohibition on AI-assisted work. Human contribution is assessed case by case.
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