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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Thomson Reuters scores early win in AI copyright battles in the US - The Morning Sun
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thomson Reuters has won an early battle in court over the question of fair use in artificial intelligence-related copyright cases. The media and technology company filed a lawsuit against Ross Intelligence — a now-defunct legal research firm — in 2020, arguing they had used materials from Thomson Reuters' own legal platform Westlaw to train an AI model without permission. Judge Stephanos Bibas of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of …
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.
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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