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“But making commercial use of vast troves of copyrighted works to produce expressive content that competes with them in existing markets, especially where this is accomplished through illegal access, goes beyond established fair use boundaries,” it continues.
The Copyright Office goes on to suggest that government intervention “would be premature at this time,” but it expresses hope that “licensing markets” where AI companies pay copyright holders for access to their content “should continue to develop,” adding that “alternative approaches such as extended collective licensing should be considered to address any market failure.” ...
Musk, meanwhile, is a co-founder of both OpenAI and a competing startup, xAI. He recently expressed support for Square founder Jack Dorsey's call to “delete all IP law.”
See the full story here: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/11/trump-fires-copyright-office-director-after-report-raises-questions-about-ai-training/