The U.S. Copyright Office’s Report on AI and Copyright

This presentation offers an essential overview of the U.S. Copyright Office's (USCO) comprehensive multi-part report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its complex implications for copyright law and policy. Drawing on extensive public consultation, including a Notice of Inquiry that yielded thousands of comments, the USCO has analyzed the most critical legal tensions at the intersection of creative rights and technological development. The session highlights the authoritative source and timely nature of the US government’s key findings regarding the future legal landscape. It frames the discussion around three major axes: the use of copyrighted works for AI training data, the determination of copyrightability for AI-generated output, and the challenging regulatory and licensing solutions being considered. It gives insight into the policy direction that will shape how libraries, creators, and AI developers interact with content in the digital age. (presented on 15 August 2025 at "Copyright and Other Legal Implications of AI" session)