[eloop]

So if movies use AI to help create characters they won't be able to claim copyright? I expect Hollywood studios will have something to say about this. With AI already being deeply integrated into DCC tools this stance isn't going to last long. And how will it be enforced if the artists don't show how they made the art?

[kjksf]

Applying color balancing in photoshop doesn't make the original image taken by a photographer the product of a machine.

Laws are not black and white.

The whole point of lawsuits and lengthy opinions by judges is to have a nuanced interpretation of the law.

If the whole movie would be generated by a computer from a single sentence then yes, it wouldn't be copyrightable.

But as long as producing movie involves human screen writers, human directors, human performers, human camera operators etc. they are obviously creative works of those humans and therefore copyrightable.

[kevingadd]

There's still a ton of human expression in the average movie, so they're pretty safe. If they edged towards being fully AI though I could see your concern coming true.