> He can copyright the text he input into the machine, and perhaps patent a description of the iterative process he employed - but not the graphical result. We

> He can copyright the text he input into the machine, and perhaps patent a description of the iterative process he employed - but not the graphical result. Well then, no copyright on any digital artworks. You can copyright the idea and mouse movements and clicks you input into the machine, but not the graphical result. The machine drew that. Pixar gets to copyright the sequence of mouse clicks they did in RenderMan, but the rendered frames of Toy Story are not protected. A bunch of algorithms did that. Your specific implementation of algorithms that you came up with that generate a detailed game world are yours, but the generated assets that you ship with your game are in the public domain. No copyright for you.