Creator of Infamous AI Painting Tells Court He's a Real Artist
Full article181 words · extracted from 404media.co · click to collapse
Advertisement
•
· Oct 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"What if I could create Théâtre D’opéra Spatial as if it were physically created by hand? Not actually, of course."
In 2022, Jason Allen outraged artists around the world when he won the Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Competition with a piece of AI-generated art. A month later, he tried to copyright the pictures, got denied, and started a fight with the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) that dragged on for three years. In August, he filed a new brief he hopes will finally give him a copyright over the image Midjourney made for him, called Théâtre D’opéra Spatial. He’s also set to start selling oil-print reproductions of the image.
This post is for paid members only
Become a paid member for unlimited ad-free access to articles, bonus podcast content, and more.
Sign up for free access to this post
Free members get access to posts like this one along with an email round-up of our week's stories.
Already have an account? Sign in
Text extracted automatically; images, tables and formatting may be missing. Original: https://www.404media.co/creator-of-infamous-ai-painting-tells-court-hes-a-real-artist/