Are there any recent court decisions addressing whether training large language models on copyrighted online course transcripts falls under transformative fair use in the Second Circuit?
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Are there any recent court decisions addressing whether training large language models on copyrighted online course transcripts falls under transformative fair use in the Second Circuit?
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Second Circuit recent court decisions generative AI training copyrighted works fair use online course transcripts 2025 2026Google ↗
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SDNY decision LLM training copyrighted transcripts online courses transformative fair use Second Circuit 2026Google ↗
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New York Times v OpenAI fair use training decision SDNY 2025 2026 copyrightGoogle ↗
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Second Circuit recent court decisions generative AI training copyrighted works fair use online course transcripts 2025 2026 Google ↗
SDNY decision LLM training copyrighted transcripts online courses transformative fair use Second Circuit 2026 Google ↗
New York Times v OpenAI fair use training decision SDNY 2025 2026 copyright Google ↗
- IN RE: OPENAI (2025) · caselaw.findlaw.com
- The New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corporation et al, 1:2023cv11195 · law.justia.com
- ORDER: For the foregoing reasons, the Court denies defendants' motions to set aside theNovember Order, December Orders, and Authors Guild Orders for Authors Guild et al v. OpenAI Inc. et al :: Justia Dockets & Filings · docs.justia.com
- ORDER: For the foregoing reasons, the Court denies defendants' motions to set aside theNovember Order, December Orders, and Authors Guild Orders for Authors Guild et al v. OpenAI Inc. et al :: Justia Dockets & Filings · docs.justia.com
- Lehrman et al v. Lovo, Inc., 1:2024cv03770 · law.justia.com
- LEHRMAN v. LOVO INC (2025) · caselaw.findlaw.com
- S&C Publication: First U.S. Rulings on Fair Use in AI Context · sullcrom.com
- Second District Court Finds Fair Use in Evaluating Use of Copyrighted Works for LLM Training | IP Updates | Finnegan · finnegan.com
- OpenAI Copyright Infringement · caidp.org
- Microsoft, OpenAI Urge Court to Find AI Training Is Fair Use (1) · news.bloomberglaw.com
- OpenAI, New York Times case tees up key test of AI training under copyright law · reuters.com
- Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive, 115 F.4th 163 (2d Cir. 2024) · law.justia.com
- Authors Guild v. Google, 804 F.3d 202 (2d Cir. 2015) · law.justia.com
- Bartz v. Anthropic (2025) · courtlistener.com
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| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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Second Circuit recent court decisions generative AI training copyrighted works fair use online course transcripts 2025 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Consequence | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
SDNY decision LLM training copyrighted transcripts online courses transformative fair use Second Circuit 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
New York Times v OpenAI fair use training decision SDNY 2025 2026 copyright OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |