4 April 2024FeaturesCopyrightRon Dreben, Meaghan Kent, Matthew Julyan
The logic behind the US Copyright Office’s ‘strong view’ on Thaler’s AI
The office is not backing down over Stephen Thaler’s appeal to copyright an AI-generated landscape image. Ron Dreben, Meaghan Kent and Matthew Julyan of Morgan Lewis explain why.
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