Authorship after Thaler: where the human-creativity threshold sits now
The DC Circuit closed the door on autonomous-machine authorship, but the harder question — how much human contribution is enough — is being recalibrated case by case.
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Legal Intelligence · Est. 2023
Because the law matters when AI is the defendant.
Tracking every lawsuit, ruling, and regulation shaping AI content law — from training-data copyright to detection mandates and the right to prove human authorship.
01 · Recent
Latest developments
Andersen court narrows class, allows DMCA §1202 claims to proceed
The N.D. California trial court granted partial class certification and allowed Copyright Management Information claims to advance to discovery.
Read briefEU AI Act GPAI obligations take effect for new models
August 2025 implementation milestone arrives: training-data summaries and downstream transparency now apply to all new general-purpose AI models placed on the EU market.
Read briefVoice cloning collides with right-of-publicity law
BBC v. Neural Labs and the federal NO FAKES Act push synthetic voice into legal territory the existing patchwork of state statutes was never designed to handle.
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| Docket | Parties | Status |
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| GETTY-V-STABILITY- |
Getty Images v. Stability AI
Copyright · US Federal
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Active |
| ANDERSEN-V-STABILI |
Andersen v. Stability AI
Copyright · US Federal
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Landmark |
| NYT-V-OPENAI |
The New York Times v. OpenAI & Microsoft
Copyright · US Federal
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Active |
| THALER-V-PERLMUTTE |
Thaler v. Perlmutter
Authorship · US Federal
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Resolved |
| FRANCE-V-LLAMA |
CNIL v. Meta (LLaMA training)
Privacy · France (EU)
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Active |
03 · Deep analysis
The editorial engine
Long-form legal analysis of the court decisions, doctrines, and regulatory frameworks shaping AI content law.
Fair Use · 14 min
Fair Use in the Age of AI
Detection · 11 min
Detection Mandates Explained
Authorship · 12 min
Authorship After Thaler: The Human-Creativity Threshold
Right of Publicity · 13 min
Voice, Likeness, and the New Right of Publicity
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04 · New legislation
Legislation tracker
Laws in motion
A live feed of bills, rules, and enacted legislation affecting AI-generated content worldwide.
EnactedEU
EU AI Act: Content Provisions
The first comprehensive horizontal AI law. Article 50 imposes labeling, watermarking, and disclosure obligations on prov…
VetoedUS-CA
California SB 1047 — Safe and Secure Innovation
Proposed safety protocols and shutdown requirements for frontier model developers. Vetoed September 2024; revised versio…
EnactedUS-FED
Executive Order 14110 — Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI
Directs NIST, Commerce, and agency heads to develop standards for AI safety, watermarking, and synthetic content disclos…
05 · Practical
Compliance frameworks
school
Universities
Detection policy design, FERPA integration, appeal process minimums, and tool selection criteria for higher education.
Read guide newspaperNewsrooms
Source verification workflows, deepfake protocols, disclosure standards, and editorial liability in an AI-saturated information environment.
Read guide balanceRights & Protections
Your legal rights as a human creator, remedies for wrongful AI accusation, and the emerging framework for proving human authorship.
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