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heavyset_gotoday at 2:27 AM1 replyview on HN

AI output can't be copyrighted, copyright applies to human creations.

Substantive transformation of AI output via human creativity can be copyrighted, but if you're sticking to Claude commits, that's AI output.


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fluidcrufttoday at 5:03 AM

So you're suggesting that an AI translation of, say, a novel removes human authorship from the result? Unless a human goes in and makes further "substantive transformations" to the AI generated work?

And if that's not what you are saying then how are you determining that prompts to and AI are not copyrighted by the author of the prompt? The results are nothing more than a derivative work of the prompt. So you are faced with having to determine whether the prompts themselves or in combination are copyrightable. Depending on the prompt they may or may not be, but you can't apply a blanket rule here.

(Notwithstanding that Claude inserts itself explicitly as co-author and the author is listed on the commit as well)

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