{"slug": "us-department-of-justice-backs-fair-use-for-ai-training-in-landmark-copyright", "title": "US Department of Justice backs fair use for AI training in landmark copyright case", "summary": "The US Department of Justice filed a brief in the copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times, arguing that training AI models on copyrighted text constitutes fair use. The filing contradicts a report from the US Copyright Office, whose director was fired by the Trump administration shortly after the report's publication.", "body_md": "In the class-action lawsuit involving The New York Times, the US Department of Justice argues that training AI models on copyrighted text qualifies as fair use. The filing directly contradicts a report from the US Copyright Office. Its director was fired by the Trump administration shortly after the report was published.\n\nThe article [US Department of Justice backs fair use for AI training in landmark copyright case](https://the-decoder.com/us-department-of-justice-backs-fair-use-for-ai-training-in-landmark-copyright-case/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-department-of-justice-backs-fair-use-for-ai-training-in-landmark-copyright", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/us-department-of-justice-backs-fair-use-for-ai-training-in-landmark-copyright-case/", "published_at": "2026-09-02 18:24:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-02 18:54:44.207565+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["US Department of Justice", "The New York Times", "US Copyright Office", "Trump administration"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-department-of-justice-backs-fair-use-for-ai-training-in-landmark-copyright", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-department-of-justice-backs-fair-use-for-ai-training-in-landmark-copyright.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-department-of-justice-backs-fair-use-for-ai-training-in-landmark-copyright.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-department-of-justice-backs-fair-use-for-ai-training-in-landmark-copyright.jsonld"}}