Rather than untested it would be more accurate to say all indications so far are that they are not copyrightable and guidance from the copyright office is that they are not copyrightable.
If you make changes to a midjourney image your changes may rise to the level of copyrightable but it will never alter the copyright status of the underlying image.
So this article is seemingly just wrong. You don't need any license or paid membership to use am image not generated by a human - it is by default in the public domain.
If you make changes to a midjourney image your changes may rise to the level of copyrightable but it will never alter the copyright status of the underlying image.
So this article is seemingly just wrong. You don't need any license or paid membership to use am image not generated by a human - it is by default in the public domain.