A comprehensive table of active U.S. lawsuits by content owners against AI developers for training on copyrighted worksWhy progress on transparency into AI model training data and guidance from the U.S. Copyright Office is still needed
Meanwhile, AI developers commonly hold that training on copyrighted works is fair use, the exception under U.S. copyright law that allows for certain uses of copyrighted material without permission.Cases so far have been brought against tech companies and AI firms by a range of content producers. Many types of content producers are notably not yet represented, including Hollywood studios, video game companies and book publishers.
Yet such transparency is likely critical to effective litigation claims. Without it, rights holders are harder pressed to prove their copyrighted works have in fact been used for training.