From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:35:09 -0500

Training Generative AI Models on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use
by Katherine Klosek, Director of Information Policy and Federal Relations,
Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Marjory S. Blumenthal, Senior
Policy Fellow, American Library Association (ALA) Office of Public Policy
and Advocacy | January 23, 2024

. . . But as champions of fair use, free speech, and freedom of
information, libraries have a stake in maintaining the balance of copyright
law so that it is not used to block or restrict access to information. We
[LCA] drafted the principles on AI and copyright in response to efforts to
amend copyright law to require licensing schemes for generative AI that
could stunt the development of this technology, and undermine its utility
to researchers, students, creators, and the public. The LCA principles hold
that copyright law as applied and interpreted by the Copyright Office and
the courts is flexible and robust enough to address issues of copyright and
AI without amendment. The LCA principles also make the careful and critical
distinction between input to train an LLM, and output—which could
potentially be infringing if it is substantially similar to an original
expressive work.

More here:

https://www.arl.org/blog/training-generative-ai-models-on-copyrighted-works-is-fair-use/