U.S. Copyright Office AI Registration Guidance
rights policy item·copyright registration guidance·active
Requires applicants to disclose AI-generated material and claim only human-authored expression.
Recorded facts
| Official site | https://www.copyright.gov/ai/ai_policy_guidance.pdf ↗ |
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| Geography | United States |
| identifier | 88 FR 16190 |
| parties | unknown |
| item type | copyright_registration_guidance |
| confidence | high |
| identifier | 88 FR 16190 |
| filing date | unknown |
| jurisdiction | United States |
| adoption date | 2023-03-16 |
| affected works | musical works; sound recordings; artwork; lyrics |
| current status | in_force |
| effective date | 2023-03-16 |
| affected models | unknown |
| canonical title | U.S. Copyright Office AI Registration Guidance |
| confidence basis | Primary document reviewed; status language is conservative. |
| enforcement date | unknown |
| affected datasets | unknown |
| issuing authority | U.S. Copyright Office |
| primary documents | https://www.copyright.gov/ai/ai_policy_guidance.pdf |
| unresolved questions | How much human control over AI-assisted music will be sufficient in edge cases? |
| affected entity types | copyright applicants; authors; publishers |
| affected organizations | U.S. Copyright Office |
History
| clarifies (by) | Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability 2025-01-29 — nowUnverifiedSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED medium confidence |
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| applies (by) | U.S. Copyright Office Guidance to The MLC on AI-Created Works 2023-04-20 — nowUnverifiedSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED medium confidence |
Sources & changes
Checked 11d ago · mediumhow verification works
Field-level evidence
Public change history
- Status unknown → active
- Official URL unknown → www.copyright.gov/ai/ai_policy_guidance.pdf
- Record maintenance · 12 fields updated
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