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The court affirms dismissal of part of the DMCA action: the pleaded outputs lacking attribution did not establish removal or alteration of information from existing copies. The input theory was forfeited.
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The court affirms dismissal of part of the DMCA action: the pleaded outputs lacking attribution did not establish removal or alteration of information from existing copies. The input theory was forfeited.
An interlocutory appeal, not a blanket fair-use ruling on AI training; the opinion does not impose literal identicality as a separate requirement.
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The court affirms dismissal of part of the DMCA action: the pleaded outputs lacking attribution did not establish removal or alteration of information from existing copies. The input theory was forfeited.
SRC-0419Opinion pp.1–4 and 14–18.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · EN · 2026-09-16
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