Fair Use Is Not a Shield AI Companies Can Use to Shelter Their Use of Pirate Copies: Analysis of Fair Use Factors 2-4
The following blog post is part three of a four-part series on the use of pirated copies of copyrighted works by AI companies and whether such use should be considered […]
Fair Use Is Not a Shield AI Companies Can Use to Shelter Their Use of Pirate Copies: Analysis of Fair Use Factor 1
The following blog is part two of a four-part series on the use of pirated copies of copyrighted works by AI companies and whether such use should be considered to […]
AI’s Piracy Problem: You Can’t Build an Empire on Stolen Goods
This is part one of a four-part blog series about AI companies use of pirated copies of copyrighted works taken from illicit sources to train their AI models. As generative […]
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from August 2026
August 2026 was marked by a great deal of global copyright activities and news. First, U.S. courts continued to see new AI copyright lawsuits being filed, mostly by music publishers; […]
AI Developers’ Trail of Book Destruction
The Copyright Alliance has long supported the responsible, ethical, and respectful development and use of artificial intelligence (AI). However, we raise a ruckus on behalf of the copyright community when […]
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from July 2026
July 2026 was full of global copyright activities and news. Long-awaited decisions were rendered in courts in India and Germany in key AI copyright lawsuits. Strong statements in support of […]
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from June 2026
June 2026 may have been a slightly quieter month in the copyright world relative to prior months. But there was still significant movement on an important copyright-related bill that moved through Congress and an ongoing […]
Hearing Confirms Congress is Moving Ahead with Legislation to Protect Creators Against Piracy and Digital Replicas
On June 30, the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held a hearing titled A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet, which covered a […]
The Copyright Office Should Adopt Alternative Fee Structures to Improve Registration Efficiency and Access
Yesterday, the Copyright Alliance submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office in response to its Notice of Inquiry (NOI) requesting input on potential alternative fee structures that could be implemented […]
AI Licensing Isn’t the Enemy of AI Innovation, It’s the Backbone
As copyright lawsuits against AI companies continue to mount, there’s a common thread that runs through most of the over 100 cases that have been filed: fair use. At a […]
