March 19, 2011 - According to Reuters, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled on Tuesday, local time, that AI-created works that do not involve human beings are not eligible for copyright protection. The court supported the U.S. Copyright Office's position that images generated by DABUS, an AI system designed by Stephen Thaler, are not eligible for copyright protection, and that only works created by humans can be copyrighted. 1AI has learned from the report that the U.S. Copyright Office has previously denied artists' rights to images created by the MidjourneyAI system...