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California Assembly approves AI Copyright Transparency Act, bill now moves to Senate
The bill would require AI developers to document any known copyrighted material used to train a model, and to allow copyright holders to confirm that their work was or was not used.
Full report here: US Copyright Office draft on AI training is sparking controversy
In a new ‘pre-publication’ report, the U.S. Copyright Office pushed back against AI developers’ claims of fair use. President Trump responded by firing the director.
So Meta and OpenAI pirated your books and articles. Here’s what you can do.
Angry that Meta and OpenAI are pirating your work to train their AI models? You can whine and complain, or you can act.
TCAI, SAG-AFTRA back AI Copyright Transparency Act in Sacramento
Actress Joely Fisher and TCAI’s Jai Jaisimha testified on behalf of the California AI Copyright Transparency Act during its first hearing on Tuesday.
Financial Times says: AI developers must legally license training data
The FT’s editorial board defends intellectual property rights, rejecting Kier Starmer’s AI giveaway in favor of a market-based approach.
How the growing market for training data is eroding the AI case for copyright ‘fair use’
The robust market for AI training data is smashing corporate tech’s courtroom arguments for copyright piracy as fair use. It turns out that paying people for the use of their property isn’t ‘impracticable’ after all.
Turning copyright on its head: The UK’s proposed ‘copyright exception’
The UK government’s proposal would grant AI developers a free pass to use the intellectual property of all British writers without their consent and without any payment.
Two big rulings: Courts are starting to expose AI piracy of copyrighted material
Recent rulings in two AI lawsuits favored copyright holders over AI corporations. It’s not the final word, but the decisions hold lessons for the legal use of training data for AI models.