--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "d21c7e48c86db78c9719e3978012235e28f7f4536eb1b7a4a9894ef64ab41caf" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/d21c7e48?lang=en" title: "US Government Backs OpenAI in First Formal AI Copyright Intervention" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-02T18:51:25.000Z" category: "Legal" topics: ["openai","llm","regulation","copyright"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/ai/us-government-backs-openai-in-first-formal-ai-copyright-intervention-bd0c379a","https://x.com/wallstengine/status/2095177758766956988","https://x.com/wallstengine/status/2095200343881838910","https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2095185916457566489","https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2095189176060899427","https://x.com/MikeIsaac/status/2095193837773922497","https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2095196217634640144","https://x.com/AdamEisgrau/status/2095129344805073106"] summary: "The U.S. Department of Justice filed a 20 page statement of interest in the Southern District of New York arguing that training large language models on copyrighted text constitutes fair use. The brief, supporting OpenAI in its legal battle with The New York Times, describes the training process as \"extraordinarily transformative\" and vital to U.S. national security. The filing warns that broad copyright liability or blanket licensing requirements would create barriers for smaller AI developers and give a competitive advantage to foreign adversaries. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick separately urged G20 nations to embrace similar fair use standards for AI training to protect innovation while supporting creators. This intervention marks Washington's first formal move in the series of copyright lawsuits facing the AI industry. The DOJ argument focuses specifically on the copying stage of training, separating the act of learning statistical relationships from the acquisition of data and the generation of specific outputs." --- # US Government Backs OpenAI in First Formal AI Copyright Intervention > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-02T18:51:25.000Z **Category:** Legal **Topics:** openai, llm, regulation, copyright ## Summary The U\.S\. Department of Justice filed a 20 page statement of interest in the Southern District of New York arguing that training large language models on copyrighted text constitutes fair use\. The brief, supporting OpenAI in its legal battle with The New York Times, describes the training process as "extraordinarily transformative" and vital to U\.S\. national security\. The filing warns that broad copyright liability or blanket licensing requirements would create barriers for smaller AI developers and give a competitive advantage to foreign adversaries\. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick separately urged G20 nations to embrace similar fair use standards for AI training to protect innovation while supporting creators\. This intervention marks Washington's first formal move in the series of copyright lawsuits facing the AI industry\. The DOJ argument focuses specifically on the copying stage of training, separating the act of learning statistical relationships from the acquisition of data and the generation of specific outputs\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]()