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Dr. Rodger Morrison, a professor at Troy University’s Sorrell College of Business, has made history by securing the world’s first copyright for a tokenization of his distinctive writing style. This groundbreaking achievement, granted by the U.S. Copyright Office in March, marks a significant milestone in the realm of AI-assisted writing and style replication. Tokenizations, which are complex strings of characters used to train AI systems to emulate specific stylistic nuances, have previously lacked explicit legal protection. Morrison’s copyright, which is 87 characters long and comprised of 12 word tokens, has far-reaching implications for legal scholars, creators, and the broader intellectual property community. It offers newfound hope for protecting artistic styles in an increasingly digitized world and prompts discussions on the intersection of technology and creativity, as well as the role of intellectual property law in fostering innovation while protecting cultural heritage.
