fair use
noun
: a legal doctrine that portions of copyrighted materials may be used without permission of the copyright owner provided the use is fair and reasonable, does not substantially impair the value of the materials, and does not curtail the profits reasonably expected by the owner
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At issue here is whether fair use principles are broad enough to cover the wholesale consumption of massive datasets in AI training.
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Ina Fried, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
Moreover, OpenAI faces multiple significant lawsuits, including from major publishers like The New York Times, highlighting ongoing contention around fair use applicability in the AI era.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
OpenAI is hoping that Donald Trump's AI Action Plan, due out this July, will settle copyright debates by declaring AI training fair use—paving the way for AI companies' unfettered access to training data that OpenAI claims is critical to defeat China in the AI race.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
OpenAI, however, argues that its use of data falls within the realm of fair use, utilizing publicly available information to generate responses.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025
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Ina Fried, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
Moreover, OpenAI faces multiple significant lawsuits, including from major publishers like The New York Times, highlighting ongoing contention around fair use applicability in the AI era.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
OpenAI is hoping that Donald Trump's AI Action Plan, due out this July, will settle copyright debates by declaring AI training fair use—paving the way for AI companies' unfettered access to training data that OpenAI claims is critical to defeat China in the AI race.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
OpenAI, however, argues that its use of data falls within the realm of fair use, utilizing publicly available information to generate responses.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Fair use.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20use. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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