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MIKE DAVIS: The Trump DOJ should withdraw its statement of interest in the OpenAI lawsuit

Critics say the DOJ statement would let Big Tech scrape and commercialize creative works without permission

By Mike Davis Fox News

Published September 5, 2026 10:19am EDT

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The Justice Department recently filed in OpenAI’s private lawsuit a "statement of interest of the United States," arguing Big Tech’s training of massive AI models on copyrighted text constitutes "fair use," largely intended for limited free use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes in classrooms. The Justice Department should withdraw this ill-advised statement.

Essentially, the government’s 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........

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