As we continue to move towards Machine-Generated works, I often wonder about what happens in the future when Artificial Intelligence becomes powerful enough to produce solutions to problems without human input. Even in our own professional field, we hear all the time about how the legal robot will one day take away many of the jobs that associates currently hold.

As it currently stands, there is no method of ownership for machine generated work. Currently, copyright law is limited to original intellectual conceptions of a human being. Therefore, a work not produced by a human being will not be registered by the US Copyright Office.

Great article discussing the considerations that will come into play moving forward. As it discusses the changes in legislation, I wonder if changes in the make up of the US Government will change this outlook.

According to Charlotte Walker-Osborn, the Head of Technology, Media and Telecoms Sector at Eversheds Sutherland, “while it follows that a work solely created by a machine is not eligible for US copyright, US law is silent on the issue of ownership of a work created solely or jointly by a machine.”

http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/is-artificial-intelligence-protectable-by-law-should-it-be