An artist who infamously duped an art contest with an AI image is suing the U.S. Copyright Office over its refusal to register the image’s copyright.

In the lawsuit, Jason M. Allen asks a Colorado federal court to reverse the Copyright Office’s decision on his artwork Theatre D’opera Spatialbecause it was an expression of his creativity.

Reuters says the Copyright Office refused to comment on the case while Allen in a statement complains that the office’s decision “put me in a terrible position, with no recourse against others who are blatantly and repeatedly stealing my work.”

  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    If I order an art piece by someone, and reject thousands of finished pieces for it to not meet my standards, will i become an artist?

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      3 months ago

      According to anyone in the Stable Diffusion communities, yes. And as a matter of fact, because I responded to you, I am now a novelist.

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        3 months ago

        If I order an photograph by someone, and reject thousands of finished pieces for it to not meet my standards, will i become a cameraman?