Fraud Complicates AI Copyright (In re: Théâtre D’opéra Spatial)

The U.S. Copyright Office recently rejected the registration of "Théâtre D’opéra Spatial”, an award-winning image partly created by Jason M. Allen and partly created by Midjourney, an AI that can generate interesting (but often inadequate) images from text prompts. Mr. Allen apparently refused to disclose the amount of the work created by Midjourney, hoping to receive copyright registration over the complete work. #copyright #AI #midjourney Join the Lawful Masses community on Discord! https://discord.gg/lawfulmasses Lawful Masses is 100% community-supported! Thanks for all of your help! Please consider supporting on Patreon.com/ljfrench, through YouTube membership, or Floatplane subscription. September supporters: "Counselor" Level: Eevi, John Steel, Ugly Grill, PureMagma, Eric Tams, TechTechPotato, Gutbrodj, King Aires, The Blood Soaked Survivors, Kyle Siefring "Advocate" Level: Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Dustin Rodriguez, Josué Vicioso, Brian Flowers, amelius, Meaningless, Aethero Toland, John Swanson, matthew beller, tdis8629, admalledd, Schi-Schi, EvoGamer, Kreachers, Dawn Massaro Guy, khagerou, ChessWithADHD, publiusII, wrozmo, robfrawley, Guy Chapman, Medeka, Christian Ullrich, Firstname Mclastname, JH, Cindy Campbell, Mark Randall, Sarah Gerweck, Matthew East, Ian McDonald, Marcus Agehall, Jonathan Robillard, Amanda Gillies, Justin Waddell, Nathaniel, Tony Cruickshank, Kasaryth, Oisin Creaner, Stefan Persson, CombatZAK, Alexander Sihn, Andrew Reid, Gregory Ford, Brody Eastwood, sehro, Dzyan, Chris Lindsay, Rico Robbins, Kai Raphahn, Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams, Kean, David Zaslavsky, Jessica Pearson, LbxAni, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., Zoe, Brian, Matthew Bertrand, Jack Draak, Scott F. Comstock, James Melanson, Kat Willhite, Alan Nise, The Disturbed Angel, Travus, Greg, Eric Woodley, Raindrop Works, Logan Stromberg, eyebrows360, Chris Connett, Michael Ciesielski, Chris Hilliard, Q Squared, Jason Glaesemann, Eric Barker, Weekend Gef the Mongoose, toadbear, Lawrence Groupe, cwestpha, itheoryon, DrakeDT, Katmandu573, Michael, Andrew Venier, Bill Tonnies, Rabid Ronin, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, Zendane, varia, Bill Somerville, Mike Dunford, Peter Huston, James Oxford, rcmaehl, Evan Davis, Michael Stokes-Byrne, c, Jorge Vittes, Nate Gray, Ross, Dustin Bosveld, AnnoyedRook, Tymorus, Bryan Lubeck, Alisdair Meredith, Thedougler303, Ivan Chepurnyi, Deleted, Rob Voisey, Kris Hetzel, Negligibly Negative, ChaoQueen, Christina B, sean murphy, Rovert09, OsculatingPlane, Landon Noll, Ryan Schott, jak_ub, WarrantyVoid, RipeSloth, CostlyFiddle, RunsWhenChased, ricin, Jennifer and David Brock, Fubar, RenyPetty, Blueberry Hill, Learethak, Andrew, Emily, TheAmazingDave, Laura Hertzman, Rita Loy, jsteelkw, Zoonist, crystalvala, XPEric, balayanr, zensalad, Wolfendragoon, Nova_, Michael Meyer, Bee Geiger, Laura Hertzman, Michael Kunze, God 420, Kantorock, Ava-, Guy Chapman, the Solutions Archaeologist, Deleted, jSON, Jabberwoky69, Deleted, MHninjabear, Grant-Spedding, mornite, DreamWave, urza9814, Mrw00t, AdagioMedley, deimosian, Xaviex, slinder42, ZeoUnis, rayvert64, Alti99, valkyries, unholyprfection, jared404, sharpsword, crcrewso, Alex6511, Emrus, aw-3-dsgn, alastair1008, villlem, Beastman, Bulldawg9908, mattwolfgang, ShallanDavar, deserter85, auxX, Copernic28, Todd5813, RavenADSL, docotys, Juupeli, ChesthairAscot, docspire, Raziel420, ionstorm66, UnarmedToaster, MiniJack, cube8021, Flai, aron10067, ArmchairPolymath, charred, teknoguy1212, Whilkare, Isaac, JustAnotherTool, chaselden, zeldatp151, sixequalszero, IvoryBrony, s004aws, ticdonutac, andersongeorgephilip, kuzemchik, barkermn01, Delta2Actual, Deleted, Varda, 1path1, adroitspearfish, phuntata, Estiar, PubJD, DracoNightwalker, Knull_Gorr, Kbarrantes, themop2010, erik_life, coldguy, LeightonPC, jackosullivan, iliekframeword, Anders118, Ewan44, mburket, QnEZ_Servers, JiSe, kobito, Sitethief, dar998, Deleted, railworks2, Kyelewis, BasicallyAMod, Deleted, fpultra, Thegroundedpilot, nateka, Gavin Barnard, torpedan, Stephen Bank, Richard Jeffery, Michael Potter, Paul Schroeder, Scott, Casey Kikendall, Jesse Stam, Hans Jacob Stephensen, Chris Hendrickson, Liryca, Arakki, Sorakat, E.T., Viktor A., Aaron Schafer, Andrew Hanson, Sprite_tm, Daniel Warren, Christoph Mammitzsch, C.A.M. Gerlach, Maxton, Stefan "MaskinJunior" Ivarsson, Nimander, SisterofWar, Marc Vogt, BytewiseMarissa, David Elam, MattsTheories, John S. Fetzik, Josh Fryer, PointyHairedJedi, Chris Butcher, Christian Fraenkel, Tom Hanrahan, Kevin Schroeder, StormRider, Ryxai, George Lindsay, Eric Schuller, Thomas Pruett, Fucking Disappointed in Andrew Torrez, Colby Guyer, fetchbeer, Ixias, David H, Tyla, Robert M Glenn, Jonathan Hachey, Stanislav Zakrevskiy, clement morin, Benjamin Siegfried, Mario Nigrovic, Bravada Cadelanne, Brion Emde, Christopher Ouellette-Croucher, Tim Pittman, Björn Jahn, Karl Anderson, Patrick VanDusen, Simon Ausmus, edggy, Xyzzy, (ran out of space).