AI on Trial: The US Copyright Fights

There are currently over 150 copyright and right of publicity lawsuits in the US concerning the training, fine-tuning, and guardrails for AI models and systems. A few courts have already made decisions regarding fair use and infringement with many more to come in the next 12-18 months. As a US copyright lawyer and law professor who has written on and litigated many of these types of claims, I will provide an overview of the current battle lines, the key takeaways of the decisions so far, and a roadmap for how to understand the outcomes going forward. I will also review the potential impact of proposed legislative and private marketplace solutions.