On March 4th, Reuters published a blog that reported thatUSAThe Supreme Court (March 2nd) declaredRefusal to accept Stephen Thaler, a computer scientist, on artificial intelligenceAI) Generate artcopyrightComplaints。
1AI REFERS TO BOVEN'S PRESENTATION THAT TAYLOR HAD PREVIOUSLY APPLIED FOR COPYRIGHT FOR THE INDEPENDENT CREATION OF VISUAL WORKS OF HIS AI SYSTEM, DABUS, BUT THAT THE DECISION OF THE COPYRIGHT AUTHORITY WAS UPHELD BY THE LOWER COURTS AFTER IT WAS REJECTED BY THE UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT AUTHORITY. TAYLOR SUBSEQUENTLY APPEALED TO THE SUPREME COURT AND WAS EVENTUALLY DENIED ACCESS。
The article in question, entitled " A Recent Entry to Heaven " , shows how the railway track extends to an entrance surrounded by green and purple plants。
Taylor filed a federal copyright registration application for the image in 2018. However, the United States Copyright Agency rejected the application in 2022 and expressly concluded that creative works must have “human authorship” in order to qualify for copyright protection。
In a 2023 ruling, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., emphasized that the human author's identity was a “building block requirement” for copyright protection. The United States District of Columbia Federal Circuit Court subsequently upheld the judgement in 2025。
IN RESPONSE TO THIS DEFEAT, TAYLOR'S TEAM FILED A PAPER WITH THE SUPREME COURT STATING THAT THE CASE WAS “CRITICAL” IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RAPID RISE OF THE GENERATED AI. THEY WARNED THAT THE SUPREME COURT ' S REFUSAL TO HEAR THE CASE WOULD AFFECT AI DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY AT A CRITICAL TIME。
It is noteworthy that the Copyright Authority had previously refused to apply for copyright for images produced by other artists for Midjourney, but those artists argued for “AI assistance in creating”, while Taylor insisted that his system was “independent creation”。