“Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And God said, ‘Let there be light…’”

— Genesis 1:2–3

Back in February 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office handed down a decision that, at the time, seemed reasonable. In the case of Zarya of the Dawn, the office ruled that while the author of the comic could claim rights to the written text and arrangement, she could not claim copyright over the images created using the AI tool Midjourney.

Why? Beca...