FTC Weighs in On Copyright NOI and Potential Consumer Harm
Summary
On October 30, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) submitted a comment to the United States Copyright Office in response to its Notice of Inquiry (NOI) regarding AI and copyright. The FTC indicated that it may have in interest in copyright-related issues when AI-generated content is used to compete unfairly or deceive consumers as an extension of the FTC’s existing legal authority to regulate such behavior. In addition to copyright issues, the FTC’s comment states that using private consumer information to train AI could violate consumer privacy.
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