The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has released its Reply Comments to the U.S. Copyright Office concerning a Notice of Inquiry regarding copyright law and artificial intelligence.

According to Andrew AlbanesePublishers Weekly executive editor, “the AAP told the Copyright Office that the tech industry needs to stop telling copyright owners to back off on their claims that the use of their works to create training datasets for Gen AI systems without permission is infringement.”

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Albanese tells me that AAP’s responded to tech industry assertions that respect for copyright is an obstacle to their innovation by labeling that as, “nonsense.”

“It would be a grave error to repeat the past policy mistakes that allowed technology companies to achieve such an unhealthy, monopoly-like market dominance to the point that governments have struggled to curb their power,” the AAP statement also said.

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Author: Christopher Kenneally

Christopher Kenneally hosts CCC's Velocity of Content podcast series, which debuted in 2006 and is the longest continuously running podcast covering the publishing industry. As CCC's Senior Director, Marketing, he is responsible for organizing and hosting programs that address the business needs of all stakeholders in publishing and research. His reporting has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Independent (London), WBUR-FM, NPR, and WGBH-TV.
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