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US AI copyright fair use litigation

Overview

Legal efforts to establish that training generative artificial intelligence models on copyrighted material constitutes ‘fair use’ have gained support from industry groups and the U.S. government.

Initially, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), NetChoice, and A.I. Progress filed an amicus brief in the Mosaic LLM Litigation. They argued to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that training is ‘highly transformative’ and serves to promote scientific and technological progress rather than protecting existing business models.

This position was subsequently reinforced by the U.S. Department of Justice in federal court filings related to litigation involving The New York Times and The Intercept. The DOJ argued that the training process is ‘extraordinarily transformative’ and does not harm the market for original works. The Department further suggested that requiring compensation for training data could act as a subsidy for legacy media and potentially hinder American economic prosperity and national security by providing a competitive advantage to foreign adversaries.

In a formal intervention in a Manhattan federal court regarding OpenAI, the DOJ reiterated that the benefits of AI development, including scientific and economic progress, outweigh potential harms to individual publishers. The administration further contended that the legality of AI-generated outputs should be evaluated separately from the legality of the training process itself. The New York Times and other media organizations have criticized this stance, arguing the administration is favoring ‘trillion-dollar tech companies’ at the expense of human creators.

In a recent statement of interest filed in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft, the DOJ warned that mandatory licensing regimes could create significant barriers to entry. Officials stated that requiring AI companies to pay for all training material could favor wealthy, established tech giants and create an oligopoly that marginalizes smaller developers.

Entities

A.I. Progress · The Intercept · OpenAI · Department of Justice · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

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Timeline

  1. 9 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 35 sources
    U.S. Department of Justice supports OpenAI in copyright dispute

    The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in the OpenAI copyright dispute, arguing that training AI models on copyrighted news content constitutes fair use and is vital for national security and economic's.

  2. 14 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    CCIA and partners file amicus brief on AI copyright fair use

    The CCIA, NetChoice, and A.I. Progress filed an amicus brief arguing that training generative AI on copyrighted material is lawful fair use in the Mosaic LLM Litigation.

Sources

ad-hoc-news.de · billboard.com · biz.heraldcorp.com · brandsit.pl · ca.sports.yahoo.com · ccianet.org · chiccheinformatiche.com · cnet.com · coinacademy.fr · cryptobriefing.com · cryptonomist.ch · cryptopolitan.com · diariodocentrodomundo.com.br · diarioti.com · espiganoticias.net · finchannel.com · gizmodo.com · hollywoodreporter.com · influencermagazine.uk · ipaddisti.it · it-boltwise.de · ithome.com · japan.cnet.com · macg.co · newsbytesapp.com · osnews.pl · rappler.com · techinside.com · the-decoder.de · thegardenmagazine.com · theintercept.com · timesnownews.com · troyrecord.com · video.foxnews.com · virginia.edu · wiadomosci.onet.pl · wirtualnemedia.pl

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