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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."
}

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Exact rule version — Rights Tracker · AI Music Events