The first-of-its-kind ruling that condones AI training as fair use will likely be viewed as a big win for AI companies, but it also notably put on notice all the AI companies that expect the same ...

Like any reader aspiring to be a writer ... Alsup ruled that this practice also falls under fair use: "The mere conversion of a print book to a digital file to save space and enable searchability was ...

Just because a student reads a book doesn't mean Midjourney gets to eat Disney A research paper commissioned by the European Parliament has called for an EU law to pay writers, musicians, and artists ...

There are four main factors to consider in a fair-use case: one, the purpose of the use; two, the nature of the work; three, the amount and substantiality used; and four, the effect it has on the ...

In previous Snippets articles and AI News Roundups, we introduced the current lawsuits between the Recording Industry Association of America ...

The “fair use” doctrine is an exception created for special uses of the work, like transforming it significantly, though it's a shaky area of law.

Within the same week, two judges in the Northern District of California issued groundbreaking summary judgment rulings regarding whether an ...

In the June 23 ruling, Alsup found that Anthropic illegally downloading 7 million books to build a library to be used for training isn’t covered by fair use. He said that the company could’ve ...

Claude maker Anthropic's use of copyright-protected books in its AI training process was "exceedingly transformative" and fair use, US senior district judge William Alsup ruled on Monday. It's the ...

NORMAN R. SEIP And DANIEL CHRISTMAN: Fair Use Or Failure: The Future Of Us-Led AI by Daily Caller News Foundation June 29, 2025 at 2:02 pm in Commentary, Op-Ed, Wire ...

A federal judge has sided with Anthropic in an AI copyright case, ruling that training — and only training — its AI models on legally purchased books without authors’ permission is fair use ...