US appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters win over Ross Intelligence, rejects fair-use defense for AI training
Summary
A US appeals court upheld the landmark district-court ruling for Thomson Reuters in its copyright suit against Ross Intelligence, rejecting Ross's fair-use defense for training an AI system on Westlaw headnotes. The affirmance sets binding circuit precedent that copying copyrighted material to train a competing AI system is not fair use.
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Originally reported by reuters.com
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