This article misunderstands copyright law -- citing an example that argues against it.
It cited Naruto v Slater, which unsuccessfully argued that the copyright for a monkey's selfie belong to the monkey, not to the owner of photography equipment.
The courts dismissed the case as animals cannot hold copyright.
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While the courts did not rule it, the apparent copyright holder is the photographer Slater who received royalties.
This is directly analogous to AI code, in which a human did not directly author the characters but regardless had "significant creative contributions."
It cited Naruto v Slater, which unsuccessfully argued that the copyright for a monkey's selfie belong to the monkey, not to the owner of photography equipment.
The courts dismissed the case as animals cannot hold copyright.
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While the courts did not rule it, the apparent copyright holder is the photographer Slater who received royalties.
This is directly analogous to AI code, in which a human did not directly author the characters but regardless had "significant creative contributions."