The Copyright Office said AI-generated art CAN be protected… but the AI itself can’t be the author. That means if you type a prompt into Midjourney or Gemini, you might own the image; but only if you’re seen as the ‘creator’ behind it. The law says the ‘person who causes the work to be created’ is the author. But here’s the catch; no one’s yet defined what ‘causing’ means. Is typing a prompt enough? What if you tweak it 10 times? What if the tool does 90% of the work? Big brands, designers, startups; they’re all in limbo. And while the government is still debating this in a slow-moving committee, one man’s 4-year-old application just set the tone. Even funnier? An AI was once listed as co-author in India; and that registration still stands. So while the world argues over whether AI owns its art, India’s quietly letting humans claim it; for now.