Feeding 25 years of Caine Prize essays to AI is legal, citing A.V. v. iParadigms fair use ruling

TuhinChakr · x · 2026-10-12

A user questioned whether The Atlantic writer openly admitting to feeding 25 years of Caine Prize essays into AI was allowed. TuhinChakr replies "Yes, read the law," citing A.V. v. iParadigms (562 F.3d 630, 4th Cir. 2009), where the Fourth Circuit ruled that Turnitin's digital archiving of student essays is protected fair use, while also expanding damages under computer crime statutes.

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