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  A Guide to Copyright, Ethics & Protecting Your Work in 2025 The rise of AI-generated art has revolutionised creativity—but also blurred the lines of ownership. If you've created images using tools like Midjourney, DALL·E, or Stable Diffusion, you might be asking: ❓ Do I own the rights? ❓ Can someone else copy or sell my AI art? ❓ Is copyright even possible with AI? Let’s break down what you need to know—and how to protect your work. 👩‍⚖️ Is AI Art Protected by Copyright? As of 2025, copyright law in most countries does not automatically protect images created entirely by artificial intelligence. That’s because copyright typically requires human authorship . In other words: 🧍 + 🤖 = maybe 🤖 alone = no So, if you type a prompt into an AI tool and it generates an image with no further human input, copyright protection is currently unlikely . However, if you significantly modify , curate , or enhance the work—especially if combined with other media or text—your ...

  United States: Human Authorship Remains Central The U.S. Copyright Office has reaffirmed that works created entirely by AI without meaningful human input are not eligible for copyright protection. However, if a human's creative contribution is evident—such as through the selection, arrangement, or modification of AI-generated content—copyright protection may be granted.   This stance was underscored by a recent ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals, which denied copyright protection for purely AI-generated works, emphasising the necessity of human authorship.   United Kingdom: Debates Over AI Training and Copyright In the UK, proposed reforms to copyright law have sparked controversy. The government's plan to allow AI developers to use copyrighted materials for training without prior permission—unless creators opt out—has been met with strong opposition from artists and industry groups. Critics argue that this approach undermines creators' rights and lacks transp...