CR-usco-ai-exclusion-1 · version 1
Executable only within the following consumer scope.
US Copyright Office / human-authorship boundary
US registration does not protect purely AI-generated expression. Prompts alone do not establish authorship of generated output. Copyrightability of claimed human contributions and mixed works remains case-specific; this check does not certify it.
Event: assessment · Effective start: Unknown · Effective end: No known end · Retroactivity: not_applicable
Products: copyright_registration · Plans: * · Actions: copyright_registration · Territories: US
Internal outcome: prohibited · Reason: usco-ai-exclusion_explicit_restriction
Exact predicates and rule data
{
"rule_id": "CR-usco-ai-exclusion-1",
"gatekeeper": "us_copyright",
"surface": "copyright_registration",
"object": "declared_release",
"territory": "US",
"predicates": {
"onlyAiExpression": true
},
"outcome": "prohibited",
"reason_code": "usco-ai-exclusion_explicit_restriction",
"source_ids": [
"SRC-C009"
],
"verified_at": "2026-09-06",
"next_review_at": "2026-09-20",
"rule_version": 1,
"product_or_plan": "copyright_registration/*",
"notes": "US registration does not protect purely AI-generated expression. Prompts alone do not establish authorship of generated output. Copyrightability of claimed human contributions and mixed works remains case-specific; this check does not certify it."
}