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Does using copyrighted content to train AI make it fair use? In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler break down Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, the copyright dispute over Westlaw headnotes used to train a competing legal research tool.
In this episode, they cover:
- Why Westlaw’s headnotes qualify for copyright protection
- How direct competition and market harm shaped the fair use analysis
- What the ruling means for content owners and AI developers, and why generative AI remains a separate question
Tune in for a clear look at where AI training meets copyright protection and the limits of fair use.