> Photographers would have to submit detailed descriptions of how they staged the scenes they photographed. ... > This would be a waste of time for everyone in

> Photographers would have to submit detailed descriptions of how they staged the scenes they photographed. ... > This would be a waste of time for everyone involved. And the same is true for AI-generated art. An article on copyright not even covering the rationale for having copyright in place? Copyright is there to protect investment in creative efforts in the time where making a copy is cheap. If there was enough work and investment in a photo or AI generated image, it makes sense to protect it and go through the registration process. As such, it would not be a waste of anyone's time, but would instead stop non-effort works from being copyrighted because people wouldn't bother — which is exactly how it should be.