Industry Sep 30, 2026

US Court Rules Against AI Training Data Fair Use

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US federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that an AI company's copying of protected material to build its training data was not fair use.

Originally published by Music Business Worldwide
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US Court Rules Against AI Training Data Fair Use

A US federal appeals court has affirmed a decision against an AI company, ruling that the copying of copyrighted material for AI training data does not constitute fair use. This ruling came in a copyright case where Thomson Reuters was supported by the RIAA and NMPA. Originally reported by Music Business Worldwide.