copyright

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For years now, copyright holders have questioned whether builders of AI models had the rights to all the content that they have used.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The New York Times is in a legal fight with OpenAI over copyright infringement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

For licensing reasons, you have to be transparent about the origin of your image, because A.I. works are not copyright.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

“Cox provided Internet service to its subscribers, but it did not intend for that service to be used to commit copyright infringement,” Thomas said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

This idea long precedes the legal claim to authorial copyright, which did not exist in British law until 1710, and was established later elsewhere.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton