OpenAI published court brief excerpts from creators, academics, accessibility advocates, and legal experts arguing that fair use doctrine legally protects AI training on copyrighted material. The company is under active litigation and is building its public record now.
The briefs do not all say the same thing. The range of voices, from disability rights groups to legal scholars, reveals how fair use arguments span well beyond OpenAI's commercial interests. Accessibility advocates argue AI trained on broad text corpora produces tools that serve people with visual and cognitive impairments. That argument is harder to dismiss than a profit motive.
Read the full post for the specific legal framing each group uses and how their arguments either align or diverge. The fault lines between 'innovation benefits' and 'creator harm' are where this case will actually be decided, and the briefs show exactly where each side is drawing its line.
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