Industry Oct 4, 2026
Trump’s DoJ was biased and wrong about ‘fair use’, say news orgs in OpenAI dispute
In short
Many of the music industry’s AI legal battles swing on whether or not AI training is ‘fair use’ under US copyright law.
Originally published by
Complete Music Update
The debate over AI training and its legality under US copyright law, specifically the defense of ‘fair use,’ is central to many music industry legal battles. The former DoJ under Donald Trump previously supported OpenAI’s position that AI training constitutes fair use.
Newspapers have now countered this stance, arguing that the DoJ’s intervention was misguided. Originally reported by Complete Music Update.