Harvard library figure files amicus in OpenAI copyright cases, warning against fair-use ruling
leppert · x · 2026-11-03
Gregory Leppert, executive director of Harvard Law School Library's Institutional Data Initiative, filed an amicus brief in the consolidated OpenAI copyright litigation supporting fair use for AI training.
- Core argument: AI systems are key tools for libraries' next era of stewardship — OCR, classification, search and discovery; a ruling against fair use could severely limit digital access, which at current rates would take centuries to extend to full collections.
- He frames a vision of "ubiquitous" knowledge access while acknowledging that authors deserve full consideration and possibly new legislation or remuneration mechanisms.
- IDI is funded by a consortium including Jane Street, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI.
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