AI Artist receives Copyright registration on graphic novel
In what may be a first for the industry, New York based Artist Kris Kashtanova applied and recieved a US copyright for a graphic novel created using MidJourney AI software.
"I got Copyright from the Copyright Office of the USA on my Ai-generated graphic novel. I was open how it was made and put Midjourney on the cover page. It wasn’t altered in any other way. Just the way you saw it here.
I tried to make a case that we do own copyright when we make something using AI. I registered it as visual arts work. My certificate is in the mail and I got the number and a confirmation today that it was approved.
My friend lawyer gave me this idea and I decided to make a precedent."
Zarya Of The Dawn has one issue at the moment and is available for free on AIComicBooks.com
This is intriguing news as in the past copyright claims for AI work were denied for submissions strictly created by AI.
So it looks like works of art generated by AI can be copyrighted if the human artist is the one credited and assists in the process.