DOJ Backs OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Case
Justice Department claims training large language models on copyrighted works qualifies as fair use.
The Trump administration's Justice Department filed a statement of interest in the New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. The filing argues that training AI large language models on written works does not violate copyright law under the fair use doctrine. It states this position serves national security, prosperity, and economic interests. The New York Times issued a statement pushing back on the filing. Public posts reference the court document and describe the administration's view that AI dominance is critical.
The Trump Administration files a statement of interest in the copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times against OpenAI, taking the position that it’s fair use to train an LLM on copyrighted text.
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MTS@MTSliveSITUATION DETECTED: The US government has sided with OpenAI against the New York Times. The DoJ says training an LLM on copyrighted works does not violate copyright law, and that treating it as infringement would hurt US science, prosperity, and national security.
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AC Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_The Trump administration filed a brief supporting OpenAI against the New York Times. The Department of Justice told the court that the United States has a strong interest in 'rejecting any argument that training LLMs on copyrighted texts violates copyright law,' including on…
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RK rat king 🐀@MikeIsaacthe Department of Justice filed what it calls an "historic" letter of interest in the NYT vs OpenAI/MSFT lawsuit, supporting OpenAI. Trump admin argues it is in the "national interest" to support OAI in the copyright case. NYT sent us statement with vigorous pushback below:
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PP Pawel Piasecki@piasetzkyThis is the right call. Training is not a substitute for the original work. Treating it as infringement would freeze the stack that now sits under science, software and national capability. It is the same mistake as suing a researcher for knowing what was in a library book…
KY Kyuee1375@kyuee1375@garyleff @eriqgardner Exploiting creators and destroying their jobs does not help economic growth at all, nor does it have anything to do with strengthening national defense.
BO Bozanzian@bozanzian@ASGWoodward @POTUS You are stealing the works of others for the benefit of a few. Pure theft from the creators of the material. This is shameful.