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Thomson Reuters wins AI copyright 'fair use' ruling against one-time competitor

  • A court ruling blocks Ross Intelligence from using Thomson Reuters' content to create its AI legal platform, stating that it infringed on over 2,200 headnotes.
  • U.S. District Judge Stephanos Bibas determined that Ross' intended profit from Thomson Reuters' content 'disfavors fair use.'
  • The ruling indicates that using copyrighted material to create a competing product does not qualify as fair use.
  • Randy McCarthy noted that the decision will be celebrated by artists and content creators as a significant case in their fight against generative AI.
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The American media conglomerate won a first victory against Ross Intelligence, a start-up specialized in legal AI. The judge rejected the fair use argument put forward by the company.

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Thomson Reuters wins AI copyright 'fair use' ruling against one-time competitor

A federal judge in Delaware on Tuesday said that a former competitor of Thomson Reuters was not permitted by U.S. copyright law to copy the information and technology company's content to build a competing artificial intelligence-based legal platform.

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