{"summary":"Some outlets have filed lawsuits over alleged copyright infringement related to AI content use. News Corp’s CEO described the company’s AI strategy as partnering where possible but suing if its content is stolen. OpenAI and Microsoft face copyright claims from authors and news organizations, including the Times.","results":[{"subject":"Publishers","kind":"lawsuit","fact":"Some outlets have filed lawsuits over alleged copyright infringement related to AI content use.","quote":"Several major outlets have signed licensing deals with AI companies in the past year, while others have filed lawsuits over alleged copyright infringement.","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/factiva-8000-sources-licensed-genai/","reported":"2026-01-21"},{"subject":"News Corp","kind":"lawsuit","fact":"News Corp’s CEO described the company’s AI strategy as partnering where possible but suing if its content is stolen.","quote":"CEO Robert Thomson, speaking at a Morgan Stanley conference before the Meta deal closed, described the company’s approach as a “woo and a sue” strategy.","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/meta-news-corp-ai-content-licensing-deal/","reported":"2026-03-04"},{"subject":"OpenAI and Microsoft copyright claims","kind":"lawsuit","fact":"OpenAI and Microsoft face copyright claims from authors and news organizations, including the Times.","quote":"OpenAI and Microsoft also face copyright claims from authors and news organizations, including the Times.","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/spur-coalition-publishers-ai-content/","reported":"2026-10-13"},{"subject":"Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence","kind":"lawsuit","fact":"The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Thomson Reuters’ copyright victory over Ross Intelligence and agreed Ross could not claim fair use for using Westlaw content.","quote":"The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Thomson Reuters’ copyright victory over Ross Intelligence, a now-defunct legal AI startup. The court agreed that Ross could not claim fair use for its use of Westlaw content.","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/thomson-reuters-ross-ai-copyright/","reported":"2026-10-02"},{"subject":"Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence","kind":"lawsuit","fact":"Nieman Lab said the decision is the first federal appeals case rejecting fair use for publisher content used without permission or compensation to train a commercial AI product.","quote":"It is the first federal appeals case rejecting fair use for publisher content used without permission or compensation to train a commercial AI product.","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/thomson-reuters-ross-ai-copyright/","reported":"2026-10-02"},{"subject":"Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence","kind":"lawsuit","fact":"Thomson Reuters sued Ross in 2020, and Nieman Lab described it as the first known AI copyright lawsuit in the U.S.","quote":"Thomson Reuters sued Ross in 2020, before the release of ChatGPT. Nieman Lab described it as the first known AI copyright lawsuit in the U.S.","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/thomson-reuters-ross-ai-copyright/","reported":"2026-10-02"},{"subject":"Thomson Reuters v. 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Anthropic","kind":"lawsuit","fact":"A federal judge found that using lawfully acquired books to train Claude was fair use.","quote":"There, a federal judge found that using lawfully acquired books to train Claude was fair use.","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/thomson-reuters-ross-ai-copyright/","reported":"2026-10-02"},{"subject":"Bartz v. 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