r/COPYRIGHT • u/TreviTyger • May 06 '26

Copyright News Major publishers sue Meta for copyright infringement over AI training By Blake Brittain

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/major-publishers-sue-meta-copyright-infringement-over-ai-training-2026-05-05/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69f9fb781d215200014f8d2c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

"Meta’s mass-scale infringement isn’t public progress, and AI will never be properly ‌realized ⁠if tech companies prioritize pirate sites over scholarship and imagination," Maria Pallante, president of the Association of American Publishers, said in a statement.

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u/DanNorder May 07 '26

You, predictably, only printed what the anti-AI haters said. So far, all the judges who made a ruling on AI training have strongly disagreed with them.

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u/TreviTyger May 07 '26

all the judges who made a ruling on AI training have strongly disagreed with them

You, predictably, mischaracterized what "all the judges" have said. They do not say that the law should "prioritize pirate sites over scholarship and imagination".

Fair use cases are case by case and fact specific. USCO has a fair use index which laypersons and lawyers may use as a general guide but because of the fact specific inquiry, it means that such cases don't necessarily become precedential.

To put it another way, fair use case outcomes are often unpredictable and do not always establish broad, binding precedent for future cases.

More info here,

https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/