Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability

rights policy item·agency policy report·active

Explains that assistive AI does not bar copyright, but protection reaches only sufficiently human-authored expression.

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Official site	https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf ↗
Geography	United States
identifier	AI Report Part 2
parties	unknown
item type	agency_policy_report
confidence	high
identifier	AI Report Part 2
filing date	unknown
jurisdiction	United States
adoption date	2025-01-29
affected works	AI-assisted songs; lyrics; sound recordings; cover art
current status	active_interpretive_guidance
effective date	unknown
affected models	unknown
canonical title	Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability
confidence basis	Primary document reviewed; status language is conservative.
enforcement date	unknown
affected datasets	unknown
issuing authority	U.S. Copyright Office
primary documents	https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf
unresolved questions	How the Office will assess iterative music-generation workflows with extensive human editing.
affected entity types	authors; songwriters; producers; copyright applicants
affected organizations	U.S. Copyright Office

resulted in (by)	U.S. Copyright Office Artificial Intelligence Notice of Inquiry 2025-01-29 — now
clarifies	U.S. Copyright Office AI Registration Guidance 2025-01-29 — now