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Title: Does Using In-Copyright Works as Training Data Infringe?
Authors: Samuelson, Pamela1 (AUTHOR) pam@law.berkeley.edu
Source: Communications of the ACM. Nov2025, Vol. 68 Issue 11, p28-30. 3p.
Subjects: Copyright infringement, Generative artificial intelligence, Training, Copyright cases, Fair use (Copyright), Book piracy, Copyright, Data
Abstract: The article discusses the legal aspects of copyrights in relation to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) developments, and it mentions copyright infringement claims involving the use of in-copyright materials in GenAI training data. The copyright court cases Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v, Meta are assessed, as well as copyright's fair use doctrine, legal defenses, and, copyright-related piracy of books. Lost sales and market dilution are addressed.
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  Data: The article discusses the legal aspects of copyrights in relation to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) developments, and it mentions copyright infringement claims involving the use of in-copyright materials in GenAI training data. The copyright court cases Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v, Meta are assessed, as well as copyright's fair use doctrine, legal defenses, and, copyright-related piracy of books. Lost sales and market dilution are addressed.
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