Mexico Supreme Court decision on AI-only authorship registration

Amparo Directo 6/2025

rights policy item·court ruling·unknown

Mexico's Supreme Court denied protection for an autonomously AI-generated avatar because authorship under the LFDA requires a natural person.

Recorded facts

Official site	https://bj.scjn.gob.mx/documento/sentencias_pub/233157 ↗
Geography	Mexico
identifier	Amparo Directo 6/2025
parties	Gerald García Báez; INDAUTOR
item type	court_ruling
confidence	high
identifier	Amparo Directo 6/2025
filing date	2025
jurisdiction	Mexico
adoption date	2025-07-03
affected works	AI-generated visual and audiovisual works; potentially analogous musical works
current status	decided
effective date	unknown
affected models	unknown
canonical title	Mexico Supreme Court decision on AI-only authorship registration
confidence basis	Primary issuing-body source reviewed; procedural posture is separated from legal effect.
enforcement date	unknown
affected datasets	unknown
issuing authority	Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación
primary documents	https://bj.scjn.gob.mx/documento/sentencias_pub/233157
unresolved questions	The threshold for protectable human contribution in mixed works was not fixed.
affected entity types	music creators; performers; rights holders; AI providers; platforms
affected organizations	Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación

decided by	Suprema Corte de Justicia de la NaciónSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence
reviewed registration decision of	Instituto Nacional del Derecho de AutorSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence