Fair Use Analysis in ‘Thomson Reuters’ Should Have Generative AI Defendants Worried
On September 29, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its decision in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, affirming the district court’s summary judgment order in favor of Thomson Reuters […]
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from September 2026
September 2026 was marked by a great flurry of copyright-related activities in Congress ahead of the mid-term elections recess, including significant movements on copyright-related legislation, including twobills in the House […]
You Can’t Steal Your Way to Fair Use: The Unclean Hands Doctrine and AI Training
The following blog post is part four 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 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 […]
