The FT’s editorial board defends intellectual property rights, rejecting Kier Starmer’s AI giveaway in favor of a market-based approach.

The robust market for AI training data is smashing corporate tech’s courtroom arguments for copyright piracy as fair use. It turns out that paying people for the use of their property isn’t ‘impracticable’ after all.

The UK government’s proposal would grant AI developers a free pass to use the intellectual property of all British writers without their consent and without any payment.

Recent rulings in two AI lawsuits favored copyright holders over AI corporations. It’s not the final word, but the decisions hold lessons for the legal use of training data for AI models.