ARTIST APPEALS COPYRIGHT DENIAL FOR PRIZE-WINNING AI-GENERATED WORK

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Synthetic media artist, Jason Allen, is appealing the US Copyright Office's denial to register his Midjourney-generated work, "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial." The Office rejected it due to the extensive use of AI, claiming insufficient human authorship. Allen argues that his iterative prompt process qualifies as creative input deserving copyright protection.