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Technology,
Intellectual Property

Mar. 21, 2025

Google's AI tool faces legal battle as creators fight for copyright protection

A class action lawsuit alleges Google generative AI scraper vacuums up creators' rights and royalties for copyrighted works.

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Google's AI tool faces legal battle as creators fight for copyright protection
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An explosion of generative artificial intelligence in a short time has spawned litigation from actors, authors and newspapers that claim they have been harmed by unfair use of their likenesses, written works and audio clips. The suits often allege that generative AI training systems scour the internet, allegedly downloading copyrighted articles, books and even personal emails so they can mimic human language.

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