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CyberAdviser
Court Issues First Decision on AI and Fair Use
By Thomas Sullivan, Catherine I. Seibel
Recently, a federal court issued the first ruling on the closely watched issue of fair use in copyright infringement involving AI. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff on…
Close-Ups
Judge Rejects Fair Use Defense in Thomson Reuters’ AI Copyright Suit Against Ross Intelligence
By Justin E. Pierce, Marcella Ballard, Maria Sinatra
On February 11, 2025, Judge Stephanos Bibas issued an opinion in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GMBH v. Ross Intelligence Inc., civ. no. 1:20-cv-613, a dispute regarding copyright infringement allegations stemming from…
Above the Fold
The First U.S. AI Copyright “Fair Use” Ruling Favors Copyright Owners
Yesterday, in the first U.S. ruling on the closely scrutinized question of fair use in the AI-related copyright litigation context, U.S. Circuit Judge Stephanos Bilbas, sitting in the U.S. District…
The Legal Wire
Federal Judge Rejects Ross Intelligence’s Fair-Use Defense in Westlaw Copyright Case
By Lexi Aida
A federal judge has ruled against Ross Intelligence Inc. in a copyright dispute with Thomson Reuters, concluding that Ross’s use of Westlaw headnotes to train its AI legal research tool…
Copyright Policy Institute
Support Fair Use in the United States
Without fair use, their would be no documentary films or videos! Congress should create public domain resources and clarify fair use in the United States What can artists and filmmakers…
SDNY Blog
Magistrate Judge Wang: New York Times’ AI Use Not Relevant to Microsoft’s Fair Use Defense
On Friday, Magistrate Judge Wang denied a motion to compel discovery brought by defendants Microsoft Corporation and OpenAI in an action relating to defendants' use of plaintiff New York Times'…
Copyright Policy Institute
Podcast discusses the importance of Fair Use
Sharing culture makes for a better world! https://soundcloud.com/attorneysteve/the-importance-of-copyright-fairuse-in-a-digital-age
Incontestable Blog
Internet Archive’s Digital Lending Library Not Protected by Fair Use, Second Circuit Finds
By Publisher
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that Internet Archive’s (“IA”) free digital book lending program is not fair use under the Copyright Act. The Court’s three-judge panel…
SDNY Blog
Judge Cote: Jimmy Kimmel’s Segment on George Santos’s “Cameo” Videos Constitutes “Fair Use”
On Monday, Judge Cote granted a motion to dismiss claims that George Santos, former Congressman, brought against Jimmy Kimmel, ABC, and Disney regarding “Cameo” videos by Santos that Kimmel featured…
The HB Blog
Beyond Regurgitation: Transformative Fair Use in the Training of AI
AI and Fair Use When the New York Times sued OpenAI, the allegation grabbing the most headlines concerned ChatGPT sometimes producing, as output to the user, all or substantially all…