Copyright is the right to copy & use a work of media. Owners of the work have that right. A corporation training AI doesn’t unless the owner says so. So say the courts as of 9/30 (& a US Copyright Office statement last year).
The argument is over.
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AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit
Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.