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Stephen LaPorte

General counsel, Wikimedia Foundation

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“A ruling that does not apply fair use principles carefully could threaten the sustainability of free knowledge, and stifle the development of open source technologies, ultimately impacting access to information for everyone in both cases”
Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open webThe Verge, October 30, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Wikimedia Foundation general counsel Stephen LaPorte, in a statement about the brief, as quoted by The Verge.

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    Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web

    The Verge reports that the Wikimedia Foundation filed an amicus brief in the New York Times copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft, taking neither side. It argues training on copyrighted work can be fair use, but chatbots that supply copies in place of the originals should need a licence.