copyrightability en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English copyright Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English copyrightability From copyright + -ability.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being copyrightable.
While recognizing that copyrightability is determined on a case-by-case basis, in this Part the Office sets out the legal principles that govern the analysis and assesses their application to AI-generated content.
2025 January 14, “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Part 2: Copyrightability”, in United States Copyright Office, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2025, page ii:“The Office will refuse to register works entirely generated by AI,” says Robert Kasunic of the USCO. “Human authorship is a precondition to copyrightability.”
2023 June 28, Matt Growcoot, “Copyright Office Refuses to ‘Register Works Entirely Generated by AI’”, in PetaPixel, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2023: