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lyrics when training its Claude model.57 Many claimants are seeking damages, with some
arguing that models should be destroyed.58
Amid the copyright uncertainty, some content creators are striking commercial licensing
agreements with AI ûrms. The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, The Times, the Sunday
Times, Barron9s, MarketWatch, The Associated Press, Axel Springer, Prisa Media, Le Monde, and
the Financial Times have all licensed their content to OpenAI.59
There have also been calls for expanding the scope of intellectual property rights to address
large AI models9 use of data. Large rightsholders in many countries, including Canada,60
Brazil,61 Japan,62 and Australia,63 are pushing for legislators to constrain current AI
development and proposed copyright exceptions. In the UK, a campaign led by the News
Media Association recently resulted in nearly every national newspaper adopting the same
front cover in protest against the UK Government9s plans to require rightsholders to opt out
of having their works used to train AI models.64
57
Brittain, B. (2025, March 26). Anthropic wins early round in music publishers9 AI copyright case.
Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/anthropic-wins-early-round-music-publishers-ai-copyright-case-2025-03
-26/
58
Samuelson, P. (2024, February 15). How to Think About Remedies in the Generative AI Copyright
Cases. Lawfare Media.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-to-think-about-remedies-in-the-generative-ai-copyright-cas
es
59
Staff, C. A.-P. (2024, May 28). OpenAI inks multi-year content deal with News Corp. PR Week
Global. https://www.prweek.com/article/1874481/openai-inks-multi-year-content-deal-news-corp
60
Government of Canada.(2025, February 11). Consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative
Artificial Intelligence: What we heard report. Government of Canada.
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/strategic-policy-sector/en/marketplace-framework-policy/consultati
on-copyright-age-generative-artificial-intelligence-what-we-heard-report
61
Rocha de Souza, A. & Schirru, L. (2024, November 12). Regulating AI and Copyright in Brazil: the
stage of the game. Kluwer Copyright Blog.
https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/11/12/regulating-ai-and-copyright-in-brazil-the-stage-of
-the-game/
62
Inagaki, K., & Keohane, D. (2024, July 21). Japan9s copyright rules draw AI groups 4 and alarm
from creators. Archive.ph; Financial Times. https://archive.ph/oBK5h
63
Bennett. T. (2024, November 26). Force big tech to pay for AI training data: Senate committee.
Archive.ph; Financial Review. https://archive.ph/2BnPA#selection-1255.0-1264.3
64
Weatherbed, J. (2025, February 25). UK newspapers blanket their covers to protest loss of AI
protections. The Verge.
https://www.theverge.com/news/619063/uk-newspapers-covers-protest-government-ai-rights-proposal
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