'Copyright Does Not Protect AI-Generated Content in EU' Hit 179 Points, and Developers Immediately Asked Whether GPL Still Binds Generated Code
A mathstodon post citing EU practice ('neither mere prompting nor the selection between several AI suggestions is sufficient as a human creative contribution') drew 179 points and 192 comments. The underlying law is the EU requirement that a work reflect a human author's free and creative choices, reinforced by three recent German rulings and a Prague Municipal Court decision that an image generated from a general prompt is not protectable. The developer angle in the thread is the sharp one: if wholly AI-generated code carries no copyright, GPL, MIT and BSD terms have nothing to attach to for those portions. Note the EU AI Act's AI-disclosure provisions apply from August 2, 2026, which makes 'specific indications' of AI generation easier to establish in court.
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