Does AI Infringe on Copyright?
Given the infancy of AI in its current state, it’s difficult to say whether or not it infringes on copyright laws just yet, but it does seem like it could be a long term problem for the tech.
For one, virtually all the major AI companies are facing some kind of lawsuit in 2025, with authors, artists, and other creatives taking to the courts to try to get compensation as a result.
Heck, Disney is suing Google for copyright infringement, noting in a cease-and-desist letter that the company has used its creative outputs to train AI models.
“Google has deeply embedded its infringing video and image AI Services into its broad family of products and services actively used by over a billion people. This multiplies the scope of Google’s infringement, and harm to Disney’s intellectual property, not to mention the ill-gotten benefits Google enjoys from its unauthorized exploitation of Disney’s copyrighted works.” – the cease-and-desist letter from Disney
These legal cases will likely establish what the copyright situation will be for AI moving forward, so they’re definitely worth keeping an eye on.
