AIs Can’t Hold Copyright Privileges (note: while trademarks are a standard of we

AIs Can’t Hold Copyright Privileges
(note: while trademarks are a standard of weight and measure, copyrights and patents are privileges, not rights proper. That privilege exists only to insure investment in speculative activities for patents. And copyright or at least creative commons protection, is a moral equivalent.)
This legal pathway is one of the most interesting questions facing the future. It’s not clear that if an IA produces a solution that it’s open to protections

“A federal judge slapped down a lawsuit trying to get copyright protection for art created by AI systems alone — upholding the longstanding rule that human creators have to be involved.

The judge ruled copyright law has never extended protection to “new technology operating without any human guidance.”

The decision cited several precedents establishing need for human creativity and choices — an important distinction as the line between AI and personal creation becomes increasingly blurred.

Why it matters: The age of robot artists has not yet arrived in the eyes of the law — but as AI’s creativity keeps improving, pressure to grant them some copyright freedoms may mount.”