{"id":1045528,"date":"2026-09-05T19:59:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T19:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1045528\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T19:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T19:59:25","slug":"justice-department-urged-to-drop-openai-ai-copyright-fair-use-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1045528\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department urged to drop OpenAI AI copyright fair use stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6402828143112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_opinion_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump warns AI race is &#8216;biggest thing&#8217; in hundreds of years<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Securing victory in the global artificial intelligence race is critical, President Donald Trump told Trace Gallagher during their exclusive interview. He argues that the United States must outperform China in technological development. He encourages local communities to build modernized data centers, explaining that these power-generating facilities will lower local tax rates and boost residential property values.<\/p>\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">President Donald Trump\u2019s <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_opinion_article_main-content_article-body_6_9363805\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Justice Department<\/a> is the best in modern history, and that is precisely why the MAGA movement must speak up when a proposed policy falls short of the extraordinarily high bar the American people have come to expect of this administration.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The Justice Department recently filed a &#8220;statement of interest of the United States&#8221; in OpenAI\u2019s private lawsuit, arguing Big Tech\u2019s training of massive AI models on copyrighted text constitutes &#8220;fair use,&#8221; largely intended for limited free use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes in classrooms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The Justice Department should withdraw this ill-advised statement.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Essentially, the government\u2019s stated position would let Big Tech oligarchs scrape, copy and commercialize every creative work in America without permission or payment. The government claims this unlimited access is essential for national security, warning any restriction risks losing the AI race to China. That argument is un-American and absurd.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gettyimages-2194584986.jpg\" alt=\"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Donald Trump\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_opinion_article_main-content_article-body_6_9363806\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fox-news-poll-voters-see-ai-regulation-urgent-rank-safeguards-ahead-innovation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS SEE AI REGULATION AS URGENT, RANK SAFEGUARDS AHEAD OF INNOVATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We must steal like China to compete against China&#8221; is not a principle; it is a surrender of the rule of law. It is especially damaging to the independent creators and conservative media outlets \u2014 like Steve Bannon\u2019s &#8220;War Room,&#8221; which bypassed legacy gatekeepers, delivered truth directly to the public and helped elect President Trump both times.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">These voices were systematically censored, de-platformed and demonetized by the same Big Tech giants now seeking a free pass to harvest their work. ChatGPT was <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_opinion_article_main-content_article-body_6_9363807\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/openais-chatgpt-pivots-after-previously-putting-trump-alongside-putin-as-top-threats-to-democracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recently exposed<\/a> for calling Trump the greatest threat to democracy since Hitler.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Having largely lost the censorship fight, the left and its Big Tech allies are shifting to theft as the new method of control.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Conservatives have long insisted that any serious AI policy must protect the 4Cs: children, communities, conservatives and creators. The latest DOJ policy position fails those. America must win the global AI competition the American way \u2014 through markets that respect property rights, not through government-sanctioned expropriation.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_opinion_article_main-content_article-body_6_9363808\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/ai-has-opinion-usually-leans-left-right-know-its-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>AI HAS AN OPINION, AND IT USUALLY LEANS LEFT; YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW ITS AGENDA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Licensing copyrighted material is not a financial burden on an industry spending hundreds of billions annually and enjoying near-limitless capital. <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_opinion_article_main-content_article-body_6_9363809\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/google-engineer-stole-ai-secrets-china-senate-hears-explosive-testimony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Google<\/a> will still more than thrive if it has to pay \u2014 the old-fashioned, American way \u2014 the creators it rips off. The creative industry will not survive if Google doesn\u2019t pay.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In a free market, businesses pay for the inputs they need. <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_opinion_article_main-content_article-body_6_9363810\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/music-industry-fends-off-flood-ai-music-stealing-charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The music industry<\/a> already operates this way. Spotify, for example, permits bars, restaurants and other venues to entertain patrons with others\u2019 music, while the musicians get paid for their work. AI companies can and must do the same.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/trump-ai-race.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump at AI Summit\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Winning the AI Race AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2025. (Getty)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_opinion_article_main-content_article-body_6_9363811\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/openais-sam-altman-wants-negotiate-5-stake-company-us-competitors-agree-key-provision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>OPENAI&#8217;S SAM ALTMAN WANTS TO NEGOTIATE A 5% STAKE IN COMPANY FOR US IF COMPETITORS AGREE TO KEY PROVISION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">President Trump, himself a prolific content creator \u2014 as both a bestselling author and television producer \u2014 has said it best.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;The pioneering spirit of these artists, authors, inventors, and other creators has improved our lives and the lives of millions of people around the world and will continue to propel us toward a better future,&#8221; Trump said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">An AI regime that lets companies &#8220;train on,&#8221; or rip off, &#8220;The Art of the Deal&#8221; \u2014 or any other copyrighted work \u2014 without permission is not the art of the deal. It is the art of the steal.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Restricting AI companies\u2019 free use of copyrighted material is simple common sense. The national security argument offered in its place is a scare tactic designed to short-circuit property rights and the rule of law. If these companies were truly worried about national security, they would put their money where their mouth is, redirecting a fraction of their vast wealth to compensate creators rather than ripping them off.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/chinese-flag-and-the-pentagon.jpg\" alt=\"The Chinese flag, left, pictured alongside a picture of the Pentagon, right.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The Chinese flag, left, pictured alongside a picture of the Pentagon (Cheng Xin\/Getty Images, Bill Clark\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_opinion_article_main-content_article-body_6_9363812\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/chinese-espionage-steals-600-billion-us-firms-yearly-time-government-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CHINESE ESPIONAGE STEALS $600 BILLION FROM US FIRMS YEARLY; IT\u2019S TIME FOR GOVERNMENT TO ACT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Unlike China, America does not have forced labor. The claim that these Big Tech conglomerates are reliable defenders of American interests is especially laughable. Google, for example, withdrew critical support from the U.S. military\u2019s Project Maven drone program while simultaneously advancing China\u2019s Project Dragonfly, a mass-surveillance and censorship system designed to help the Chinese Communist Party control its own people.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">President Trump\u2019s Justice Department should reverse this rare misstep and withdraw its statement of interest in the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_opinion_article_main-content_article-body_6_9363813\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-senator-presses-openai-anthropic-answers-ai-hacking-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">OpenAI case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">With battle-tested leaders such as Attorney General Todd Blanche, acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, Solicitor General John Sauer, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_opinion_article_main-content_article-body_6_9363814\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kash-patel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FBI Director Kash Patel<\/a>, the Trump Justice Department has already done a Herculean job restoring the rule of law after years of weaponization and lawlessness.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Antitrust nominee Adam Candeub, once confirmed, will strengthen that mission further by confronting Big Tech and other monopolists driving up prices for American consumers.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Because this is the best Justice Department in modern history, the MAGA movement has a duty to insist that its AI policy meets the same high standard. Protect children. Protect communities. Protect conservatives. Protect creators. Let\u2019s win the AI race the American way.<\/p>\n<p>Michael R. Davis is the founder and president of the Article III Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump warns AI race is &#8216;biggest thing&#8217; in hundreds of years Securing victory in the global artificial intelligence&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1045529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21],"tags":[691,738,362933,69,15428,1269,158,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1045528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-big-tech-backlash","tag-donald-trump","tag-justice-department","tag-opinion","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117220212504864821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1045529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}