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You use AI to generate an image. Is it yours? Can you sell it? Can the AI company claim it? The answer is legally messy and evolving rapidly.
You: Create prompt, generate image with DALL-E
Question: Who owns the image?
US Copyright Office: AI-generated art might not be copyrightable (needs human authorship)
Impact: If not copyrightable, anyone can use it freely
Exception: If human creative input is substantial, might be copyrightable
Problem: "Substantial" is undefined
Argument: "I prompted, therefore I created"
Counter: Prompting ≠ creating (you didn't "make" it)
Reality: Somewhere between tool use and creation
Their terms: Varies by platform
Reality: Companies hedging bets
Argument: "AI trained on our art, we should benefit"
Status: Lawsuits pending (not resolved)
Complication: AI trained on billions of images, hard to track ownership
Argument: AI-generated art has no author, so public domain
Implication: Anyone can use freely
Status: Possible but not settled
Claim: Stability AI trained on Getty copyrighted images without permission
Status: Litigation ongoing
Significance: Could establish liability for training data use
Claim: Class action—artists claim copyright infringement from training
Status: Multiple cases pending
Significance: Could require permission/payment for training
Decision: AI-generated work rejected for copyright (humans must create)
Impact: AI art might be uncopyrightable
Implication: Anyone can use, no one owns
Question: Does training AI on copyrighted work violate copyright?
Defense: Fair use (transformative purpose)
Status: Unsettled, likely to courts
Problem: AI trained on billions of images, impossible to track
Solution: Collective compensation funds? (Like music licensing)
Status: Not yet developed
Question: If AI trained on artists' work, do we credit them?
Technical issue: Millions of images contributed, can't identify each
Reality: Different countries have different copyright laws
Problem: No global standard yet
AI art is public domain → race to bottom → creators don't benefit
Like music: training licenses, artist compensation pools
Depends on "human creative input"—more input = more copyright protection
The legal landscape is messy because:
AI art ownership is currently unsettled. Courts will eventually decide, but probably not before 2026-2027. Until then, expect chaos: users claiming they own art, companies hedging, artists fighting back. The outcomes will reshape whether AI art is viable commerce or public resource.
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