A Win For Human Creators, U.S. Supreme Court DECLINES A.I. Generated Art Dispute

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The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the issue of whether art generated by artificial intelligence can be copyrighted under U.S. law, turning ‌away a case involving a computer scientist from Missouri who was denied a copyright for a piece of visual art made by his AI system.

Plaintiff Stephen Thaler had appealed to the justices after lower courts upheld a U.S. Copyright Office decision that the AI-crafted visual art at issue in the case was ineligible for copyright protection because it did not have a human creator.

Thaler, of St. Charles, Missouri, applied for ⁠a federal copyright registration in 2018 covering "A Recent Entrance to Paradise," visual art he said his AI technology "DABUS" created. The image shows train tracks entering a portal, surrounded by what appears to be green and purple plant imagery.

The Copyright Office rejected his application in 2022, finding that creative works must have human authors to be eligible to receive a copyright.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had urged the Supreme Court not to hear Thaler's appeal.

The Copyright Office has separately rejected bidsby artists for copyrights on images generated by the AI system Midjourney. Those artists argued that they were entitled to copyrights for images they created with AI assistance - unlike Thaler, who said his system created "A Recent ‌Entrance to ⁠Paradise" independently.

The Supreme Court previously rejected Thaler's request, opens new tab ⁠to hear his argument in a separate case involving prototypes for a beverage holder and a light beacon concerning whether AI-generated inventions should be eligible for U.S. patent protection. His patent applications were rejected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on similar grounds.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-declines-hear-dispute-over-copyrights-ai-generated-material-2026-03-02/

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3 hours ago, elsamars said:

What does that mean for 143?

The album now doesn't exist so it's in alignment with everyone's thoughts 

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Oop my prediction is starting to come true.. that in the near future there will be a premium added onto 'human made' art, and millionaires and billionaires will start buying 'human made' as a symbol of status and power

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1 hour ago, hELXIG said:

Oop my prediction is starting to come true.. that in the near future there will be a premium added onto 'human made' art, and millionaires and billionaires will start buying 'human made' as a symbol of status and power

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8 minutes ago, VTV said:

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Oh? U on AI side? 

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36 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

Oh? U on AI side? 

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2 hours ago, hELXIG said:

Oop my prediction is starting to come true.. that in the near future there will be a premium added onto 'human made' art, and millionaires and billionaires will start buying 'human made' as a symbol of status and power

100% as soon as something new is affordable by the average person, the cultural shift always turns it into the "lesser" option.