Théâtre D'opéra Spatial (pronounced [teɑtʁ dɔpeʁa spasjal]; French for 'Space Opera Theater') is a digital image created by Jason Michael Allen with the generative artificial intelligence platform Midjourney.

[10] They wrote that Allen did not deserve to win, comparing it to robots participating at the Olympics and calling the artwork a digital version of Comedian.

[6] In December 2022, the Copyright Office issued a first formal refusal, noting that the image included "inextricably merged, inseparable contribution" from Allen and Midjourney.

In June 2023, the Copyright Office continued the refusal, writing that the edits made using Photoshop could be registered but that the portion of the image created using Midjourney and Gigapixel AI had to be excluded.

Allen filed a second request for reconsideration on July 12, 2023, arguing that case law as well as public policy reasons supported registration of the image.