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Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI: Top Execs Knew Their Mass Book Piracy Was Illegal And Would Put Authors Out of Work

Added to last week’s revelations, new filings reveal OpenAI's lawless determination to do virtually anything to win the AI arms race, including using books from a “sketchy Russian website” and releasing products “that will make people unemployed”

September 21, 2026

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Important Information Regarding Anthropic Copyright Settlement Claim Notices

September 17, 2026

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Survey Results Detail Publishers’ Failure to Register Authors’ Copyrights

August 20, 2026

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Authors Guild Celebrates Massachusetts Freedom to Read Law

August 12, 2026

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