AI Images and Copyright: When Prompting Protects and Why Copying is Allowed (heise.de)

• Narrow limits set for copyright protection of AI art by Düsseldorf court.
• Creative prompting can establish protection, simple input cannot.
• Recreating a photographic motif with software is allowed if not a direct copy.

"The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court ruled that AI-generated images can be copyrighted only if the prompts demonstrate sufficient creative input. However, using software to mimic the subject of a photograph is permissible as long as it is not a direct copy."