Tag: copyright - 2026

• AI, Code and the Monkey Selfie

  2026-03-09 | Tags: ai, youtube, copyright, programming

  A video version of the argument that AI-generated code may lack the human authorship needed for copyright.

• An Elephant in the Room Too Large to See

  2026-03-03 | Tags: ai, copyright, programming, licensing, software

  

  This article argues that code generated without sufficient human authorship may fall into the public domain by default. It frames that legal risk as a neglected issue inside the current rush toward AI-assisted software development.

• Can You Own Vibe-Coded Software?

  2026-03-03 | Tags: ai, copyright, programming, opensource, licensing

  

  This article examines the legal parallel between the monkey selfie case and software generated by large language models. It considers what happens to ownership, licensing, and open source when code lacks traditional human authorship.

• Programming in Clay

  2026-03-01 | Tags: ai, programming, tooling, authorship, copyright

  On the January 2025 Copyright Office advice that vibe-coded software is public domain, why chat-window prompting fails to transfer authorial intent, and what a clay-like programming interface would need to do differently.