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Unclear legal landscape for AI spawns licensing as US sees 100 copyright cases

By Nick Robertson and Emma Whitford ( April 8, 2026, 20:31 GMT | Comment) -- A group of YouTube creators sued Apple, OpenAI and Amazon late last week, bringing the number of copyright lawsuits over artificial intelligence in the US to 100. With the central question of fair use for AI training still unsettled, many copyright owners are looking to licensing as a solution, while some simultaneously shift their court strategy in response to early judicial opinions.Years into a surge of copyright complaints against artificial intelligence companies, questions remain over whether the training of models on copyrighted works constitutes fair use. The uncertainty has pushed some copyright owners to pursue licensing and adjust their court strategies to accommodate the first trickle of district court opinions. ...

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