Generative AI, Copyright, and the Shape of Fair Use in 2025: As Developed Using Generative AI

On the occasion of the New York State Bar Association’s 150th anniversary, from Jan. 13 to Jan. 16, 2026, members present ...
IPWatchdog

‘Artificially Intelligent’ Economics of Fair Use

“Applying the fair use doctrine to generative AI presents novel and complex challenges that stretch the boundaries of traditional copyright analysis.” The advent of generative AI brings to the ...
JD Supra

Whose Rules Rule? Different Approaches to Key AI and Copyright Fair Use Principles Across the Administration, Copyright Office, and the Courts

In the past few months, the administration, the Copyright Office, and the courts have weighed in on several material issues at the cross section of copyright law and ...
Law

Fair Use and AI Training: Two New Developments

"Rather than walking through the four-factor fair use analysis for each case, this column will discuss two significant caveats that these decisions have added to the ongoing debate in the courts about ...
CNET

Copyright Office Punts on AI and Fair Use, One of the Biggest Questions Surrounding Gen AI

The US Copyright Office's report comes as the agency is under political fire, with President Trump reportedly firing its head this weekend. Katelyn is a writer with ...
IPWatchdog

Revised Fair Use Ruling Finds No Transformative Use in Developing AI Search Tool

“Wisdom does not always find me, so I try to embrace it when it does–even if it comes late, as it did here.” Judge Stephanos Bibas Yesterday, Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, sitting by designation in ...
JD Supra

Fair Use Ruling Undermines Related DMCA Claim

After previously dismissing infringement claims on the ground that using copyrighted works to train a large language model qualified as fair use, a federal judge in ...
Fast Company

OpenAI sees the downside of ‘fair use’ now that DeepSeek may have used OpenAI’s data

Well, well, well—look who suddenly wants a word with the sheriff in the fair-use Wild West landscape of artificial intelligence. These allegations align with other suspicious aspects of the new AI.
The National Law Review

Anthropic and Meta Fair Use Rulings on AI Model Training

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
CNET

Meta Won Its AI Fair Use Lawsuit, but Judge Says Authors Are Likely 'to Often Win' Going Forward

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...
NPR

Anthropic settles with authors in first-of-its-kind AI copyright infringement lawsuit

In one of the largest copyright settlements involving generative artificial intelligence, Anthropic AI, a leading company in the generative AI space, has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a ...

AI copyright battles enter pivotal year as US courts weigh fair use

The sprawling legal fight over tech companies' vast copying of copyrighted material to train their artificial intelligence ...