AI models are generating content at scale and pulling data from copyrighted sources to do it. That’s triggered lawsuits across publishing, photography, code, and music, most of which remain unresolved. This article unpacks the legal fault lines: how the law views training data, who owns AI outputs, and how companies can limit their copyright exposure.
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