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Thaler v. Perlmutter, D.C. Circuit opinion (18 March 2025): the Copyright Act requires a human author, United States (federal, D.C. Circuit)

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Record	Kind	As stated	Dated
Thaler v. Perlmutter, D.C. Circuit opinion (18 March 2025): the Copyright Act requires a human author (Thaler v. Perlmutter, No. 23-5233 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 18, 2025))	Law or ruling	A work listed with a machine as its author cannot be registered. The court upheld the…	30 Oct 2026
Thaler v. Perlmutter, D.C. Circuit opinion (18 March 2025): work made with AI's assistance can still be protected (Thaler v. Perlmutter, No. 23-5233 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 18, 2025))	Law or ruling	The rule asks that a person be the author, not that no AI was used: work a person made…	30 Oct 2026