Dear media, please stop saying AI is “training” on copyrighted works. AI is “stealing” copyrighted works. It is “plagiarizing” copyrighted works. It is “breaking multiple laws.”
March 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Dear media, please stop saying AI is “training” on copyrighted works. AI is “stealing” copyrighted works. It is “plagiarizing” copyrighted works. It is “breaking multiple laws.”
Millions of copyrighted songs were fed to AI music generators - now there's proof
Suno and rivals are being sued for $150k per song. A sum that would bankrupt these companies and set an important precedent.
Suno and rivals are being sued for $150k per song. A sum that would bankrupt these companies and set an important precedent.
Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There's Proof
Millions of copyrighted songs trained AI music generators, and new searchable databases from The Atlantic now confirm which tracks were used.
www.gadgetreview.com
June 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Millions of copyrighted songs were fed to AI music generators - now there's proof
Suno and rivals are being sued for $150k per song. A sum that would bankrupt these companies and set an important precedent.
Suno and rivals are being sued for $150k per song. A sum that would bankrupt these companies and set an important precedent.
Should have copyrighted 😤🍵
September 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Should have copyrighted 😤🍵
Good. A.I. Art Generated With Text Prompts Cannot Be Copyrighted, U.S. Rules search.app/kM1z
A.I. Art Generated With Text Prompts Cannot Be Copyrighted, U.S. Rules
Art generated by A.I. from a text prompt cannot be copyrighted, according to new guidance from the U.S. Copyright Office.
search.app
February 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Good. A.I. Art Generated With Text Prompts Cannot Be Copyrighted, U.S. Rules search.app/kM1z
Holy shit this filing update is wild! It states that:
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims | TechCrunch
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team approval to train on copyrighted documents, according to a new court filing.
techcrunch.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Holy shit this filing update is wild! It states that:
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
July 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This needs to be a bigger story. Google Docs is no longer safe for copyrighted material. Any writer on contract needs to stop using it *immediately*.
August 5, 2026 at 11:17 PM
This needs to be a bigger story. Google Docs is no longer safe for copyrighted material. Any writer on contract needs to stop using it *immediately*.
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, Sam, then you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
You’re in organized crime. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.
futurism.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:17 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, Sam, then you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
You’re in organized crime. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
OpenAI scraped the internet and copyrighted material, and now it’s suddenly concerned about plagiarism ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
White House AI tsar David Sacks raises possibility of alleged intellectual property theft
www.ft.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
OpenAI scraped the internet and copyrighted material, and now it’s suddenly concerned about plagiarism ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So it’s over then, works for me
OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use
National security hinges on unfettered access to AI training data, OpenAI says.
arstechnica.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
So it’s over then, works for me
hey man i think that pose is copyrighted- ah whatever
(by a friend!)
(by a friend!)
August 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
hey man i think that pose is copyrighted- ah whatever
(by a friend!)
(by a friend!)
If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.
I'm glad I'm not a streamer and can enjoy copyrighted music on my first time playing a game.
September 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I'm glad I'm not a streamer and can enjoy copyrighted music on my first time playing a game.
Ricky Rodent, my original, non copyrighted character
November 20, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Ricky Rodent, my original, non copyrighted character
putting aside the destruction of rare books, how is digitizing a copyrighted text "transformative" for anthropic but the internet archive is guilty of infringement for the national emergency library
This is ... horrific
July 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM
putting aside the destruction of rare books, how is digitizing a copyrighted text "transformative" for anthropic but the internet archive is guilty of infringement for the national emergency library
Copyrighted music goes a long way!
October 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Copyrighted music goes a long way!
The Sora thing is so bleak and shows how far we've come from AI companies pretending they did not train on copyrighted material
www.404media.co/openais-sora...
www.404media.co/openais-sora...
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Copyright Infringement Machine Features Nazi SpongeBobs and Criminal Pikachus
The main use of Sora appears to generate brainrot of major beloved copyrighted characters, to say nothing of the millions of articles, images, and videos OpenAI has scraped.
www.404media.co
October 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Sora thing is so bleak and shows how far we've come from AI companies pretending they did not train on copyrighted material
www.404media.co/openais-sora...
www.404media.co/openais-sora...
if AI theft of copyrighted works is "freedom to learn," then surely me stealing a truck is "freedom to travel"
March 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
if AI theft of copyrighted works is "freedom to learn," then surely me stealing a truck is "freedom to travel"
Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence reut.rs/4h2JXgV
Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence
Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model.
reut.rs
October 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence reut.rs/4h2JXgV
not to mention they stole untold millions in copyrighted material to do it
March 5, 2026 at 5:18 AM
not to mention they stole untold millions in copyrighted material to do it
Good thing ai generated code can't be copyrighted in the US...
April 1, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Good thing ai generated code can't be copyrighted in the US...