3 Count: Unlicensed Plaintiff

The useful part

Trump Administration Backs OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Fight First off today, A.J. Katz at The Wrap reports that the Trump administration has filed a statement in support of OpenAI in the company's copyright battle with the New York Times. Microsoft in 2023, alleging that the companies used their copyright-protected articles to train their models.

How it works

• Thaler is famous for trying to register the work A Recent Entrance to Paradise with various copyright offices.
• The Indian courts have ruled that, though the work can be registered, it cannot be registered under the name of the Al system, DABUS.
• This was the first challenge of its kind to the Indian Copyright Office, which had registered works in the past.
• However, the court found that the photographer was an employee of the wire service Agence France-Presse (AFP) when the images were taken and that the photographer had no grounds to file the lawsuit.
• However, the photographer admitted to not reading the contracts thoroughly before signing them and, barring extreme circumstances, the court found that they were still bound by those agreements.

What to take from it

OpenAl has denied wrongdoing and said that its use of publicly available content is fair use. The administration's comment supports OpenAl's position, saying that such training is necessary to improve AI systems and ensure that the country is competitive when it comes to AI development. He was declined a registration in the United States in March 2025, but has since moved on to 15 other countries, including India.

Example or evidence

• India's Copyright Ruling Explained Next up today, Sohini Ghosh at The Indian Express reports AI researcher Stephen Thaler has successfully registered an work with the Indian Copyright Office, but the office...
• The photographer filed the lawsuit alleging that Getty Images had unlawfully licensed their images to third parties despite being aware that they did not have a license to do so.
• The photographer had attempted to argue that their AFP contract was void under the "fraud in the execution" doctrine.
• The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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