O'Dell Isaac , The Gazette; Pueblo artist seeking copyright protection for AI-generated work
"“We’re done with the Copyright Office,” he said. “Now we’re going into the court system.”
Allen said he believes his case raises two essential questions: What is art? And if a piece doesn’t belong to the artist, whom does it belong to?
Tara Thomas, director of the Bemis School of Arts at Colorado College, said the answers may not be clear-cut.
“There was a similar debate at the beginning of photography,” Thomas said. "Was it the camera, or was it the person taking the photos? Is the camera the artmaker, or is it a tool?”
Allen said it took more than two decades for photography to gain acceptance as an art form.
“We’re at a similar place in AI art,” he said.
“Right now, there is a massive stigma surrounding AI, far more so than there was with photography, so the challenge is much steeper. It is that very stigma that is contributing to the stifling of innovation. Why would anybody want to incorporate AI art into their workflow if they knew they couldn’t protect their work?”"
