What Is Fair Use — and Does It Cover AI Training on Books?
A US court ruled that training AI on legally acquired books can be fair use — but downloading them from a pirate site is not, as Anthropic's $1.5B settlement shows.
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How copyright law applies to AI — from training data disputes and lawsuits against AI companies to what protection applies to AI-generated work. We track the court rulings, settlements, and policy debates reshaping the rules for creators and AI developers alike.
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Judge Grants Final Approval to Anthropic's $1.5B Book Piracy Settlement
A federal judge finalized Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors over pirated training books, the largest copyright class-action payout in US history.
Read more →NYT-Led Publishers Ask Court to Sanction OpenAI Over Evidence
The New York Times and other publishers told a federal court that OpenAI hid its ability to search ChatGPT logs for copyrighted material and are seeking sanctions.
Read more →Who Owns AI-Generated Content? A Guide to AI and Copyright
AI-generated content sits in a legal grey zone: pure AI output generally cannot be copyrighted, but human creative choices layered on top of AI may be. Here is what the law currently says — and what it means for businesses.
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