News/Media Alliance files amicus brief in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence

On Nov. 26, the News/Media Alliance filed an amicus brief in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, Inc., a case concerning Ross Intelligence’s unauthorized use of Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw headnotes to build an AI-powered legal search engine to compete directly with Westlaw.

The brief, in support of Thomson Reuters, highlighted news publishers’ reliance on copyright to protect their investment in quality journalism, and noted that uses like Ross’ undermine their ability to create and disseminate original content. The brief argued that the district court had correctly found Ross’ use of over 2,000 headnotes infringing, and urged the circuit court to uphold the basic fair use tenet that one may not engage in unauthorized copying of protected content to produce a product that seeks to displace the original. 

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