Copyright Alliance says piracy claims no fair use pass
The group argues pirated training data needs a compelling justification courts are unlikely to find, since legitimate copies are widely available.
Here's the argument in plain terms: AI companies say they had to scrape pirate sites because legal licensing was too slow or too expensive. The Copyright Alliance calls that excuse what it is — a convenience, not a necessity. If courts buy that logic, it strengthens every author's case that "we needed your book" isn't the same as "we couldn't have paid for it."
Why it matters to you: This analysis feeds the broader legal argument that authors and publishers can use to push back when AI companies claim pirated training data was fair use.
This story ran in the Coral Wire edition of Fri, Sep 25 2026, when the Coral Index stood at 42/100 (Headwinds).
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