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They called Midjourney a “quintessential copyright free-rider and a bottomless pit of plagiarism,” and contend that the company uses its images featuring copyrighted characters to market and promote its service.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

National regulation cannot by itself correct the misalignment of incentives, owing to the free-rider problem across governments.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2020

“You’re eligible for a penalty, which makes sense in my view because otherwise you have a free-rider problem,” Bernstein said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2019

“Petitioner strenuously objects to this free-rider label,” Justice Alito wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2018

Ill had it then fared with the folk of Sarras, city and plain alike, but for a certain Talisso, a free-rider, who from a green knoll had watched the onset.

From A Child's Book of Saints by Robinson, T. H. (Thomas Heath)