In 2010, after failing to reach agreement on a mutually acceptable licensing arrangement, Oracle sued Google in the Northern District of California for infringing its copyright over the copied code.

The law remains unsettled; fair use outcomes are highly fact-specific and may differ for generative versus non-generative AI models. Copyright holders should focus on ...

Two judges in the Northern District of California recently issued groundbreaking summary judgment rulings regarding whether an artificial intelligence company’s scraping and ingestion of copyrighted ...

Fair use is a concept in US copyright law that was created to balance the exclusive rights of copyright owners and the needs of everyday users of copyrighted material. Fair use of copyrighted works, ...

Generative AI has emerged as a transformative force in technology, creating text, art, music and code that can rival human efforts. However, its rise has sparked significant debates around copyright ...

Fair use is a legal doctrine that allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the rights holders. However, whether a specific use qualifies as fair use depends on several ...

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