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1: Trump Administration Backs OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Fight

First off today, A.J. Katz at The Wrap reports that the Trump administration has filed a statement in support of OpenAI in the company’s copyright battle with the New York Times.

The Times sued OpenAl and Microsoft in 2023, alleging that the companies used their copyright-protected articles to train their models. OpenAl has denied wrongdoing and said that its use of publicly available content is fair use.

The administration’s comment supports OpenAl’s position, saying that such training is necessary to improve AI systems and ensure that the country is competitive when it comes to AI development. Neither The Times nor OpenAI responded to requests for comment.

2: AI Can Create Original Work but Can’t Be Its Author: India’s Copyright Ruling Explained

Next up today, Sohini Ghosh at The Indian Express reports AI researcher Stephen Thaler has successfully registered an AI-generated work with the Indian Copyright Office, but the office declined to register the work under the AI system’s name.

Thaler is famous for trying to register the AI-generated work A Recent Entrance to Paradise with various copyright offices. He was declined a registration in the United States in March 2025, but has since moved on to 15 other countries, including India.

The Indian courts have ruled that, though the work can be registered, it cannot be registered under the name of the Al system, DABUS. This was the first challenge of its kind to the Indian Copyright Office, which had registered AI-generated works in the past. but had not been asked to register a work under the AI’s name.

3: Court Dismisses Photographer’s Action Against Getty Images

Finally today, Sherri M. Schroeder at VitalLaw reports that a federal court has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by a photographer against the company Getty Images after determining that the photographer did not have the rights to the image in question.

The photographer filed the lawsuit alleging that Getty Images had unlawfully licensed their images to third parties despite being aware that they did not have a license to do so. However, the court found that the photographer was an employee of the wire service Agence France-Presse (AFP) when the images were taken and that the photographer had no grounds to file the lawsuit.

The photographer had attempted to argue that their AFP contract was void under the “fraud in the execution” doctrine. However, the photographer admitted to not reading the contracts thoroughly before signing them and, barring extreme circumstances, the court found that they were still bound by those agreements.

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