AI training on copyrighted books remains legally unsettled

Courts haven't ruled. Your book rights in AI models depend on cases still pending.

This story ran in the Coral Wire edition of Thu, Aug 27 2026, when the Coral Index stood at 50/100 (Mixed signals).

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