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Why a new court win for OpenAI and a tough Supreme Court standard could leave AI copyright claims on shaky ground. A relatively obscure Supreme Court case involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act might seem like an odd fit for the high-stakes world of copyright in the age of artificial intelligence.
In the race to build the most capable LLMs, several tech companies have sourced copyrighted content for use as training data, without obtaining permission from content owners. Many of those companies are now being sued for alleged copyrightinfringement. downloading for personal enjoyment). downloading for personal enjoyment).
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Copyright holders, for example, have pointed out that the San Francisco-based company is offering its services to pirates. Piracy vs. privacy Cloudflare warns the EU against copyright holders’ broad generalizations that only focus on the downsides of technology.
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