Processes that transform creative work do not add creativity, but also do not erase it. So both your Python files and anything in the __pycache__ dir are copyri

Processes that transform creative work do not add creativity, but also do not erase it. So both your Python files and anything in the __pycache__ dir are copyrighted. More specifically, the __pycache__ is the same work in a different form, so it's the same copyright. You couldn't, say, dedicate the source to the public domain and then claim copyright over the binaries. DMCA anti-circumention has to do with computer programs that enforce copyright. The work being protected has to be under copyright, but not the protection itself. The only reason why AI art is completely uncopyrightable is because the only human contribution is a text prompt which is too short and functional to be copyrighted. Even if you're getting creative with your prompt writing, none of that creativity translates over into the final art - you're just keyword stuffing a small language model.