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Zarya of the Dawn / Review of comic copyright scope

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Kristina’s Zarya of the Dawn. Reproduced in Chen Haohao’s 2023 commentary.View full image ↗

Kristina’s Zarya of the Dawn. Reproduced in Chen Haohao’s 2023 commentary.

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Copyright Office notifies a narrower Zarya registration

The Copyright Office confirms protection for the author’s text and selection, coordination and arrangement of text and images, excluding Midjourney-generated images. It says a narrower certificate will be issued, retaining the effective date of 2022-09-15.

United StatesComics and webtoons / Cultural policyEVT-0118

Research question

Separate treatment of text, arrangement, and generated images provides institutional context for boundaries of human creative protection.

Related documents

DOC-0105Zarya of the Dawn registration reconsideration letter

Sources

SRC-0117
Zarya of the Dawn registration reconsideration letter

United States Copyright Office · EN · 2023-02-21

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