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Copyright
Can you register an AI image with the Copyright Office?
Only the human part of it, and you have to say which part that is:
- The Copyright Office registers works containing AI-generated material only where a human contributed enough creative expression.
- Applicants must disclose AI-generated content that is more than trivial, and describe the human authorship.
- In its Zarya of the Dawn decision the Office registered the text and the arrangement, but not the AI-generated images themselves.
What this means for marketers
Disclosure of more than trivial AI-generated content is required on the application, and only the human contribution gets registered. Whether to register at all is a judgment call, worth considering for anything you might need to defend.
Primary source US Copyright Office: copyright and artificial intelligence (Registration guidance issued March 2023)
- Copyright Office decision: Zarya of the Dawn (PDF) (February 2023)
- Copyright Office report, Part 2: copyrightability (January 2025)
Links checked September 25, 2026
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