AI Music Copyright and the Human Authorship Test Most Creators Miss
The one question that decides ownership The public debate around AI music usually starts in the wrong place. People ask whether the track sounds original, whether the prompt was clever, or whether the platform says the user owns the output. The real test is narrower: did a human make the expressive choices that shaped the music? If the answer is no, AI music copyright basics stop mattering pretty quickly, because the Copyright Office will treat the machine as the source of the work’s expression. ...