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SFC Submits comments to US Copyright Office on Generative AI and Copyleft

SFC warns that “compulsory licensing” undercuts goal of copyleft

November 1, 2023

This week, Software Freedom Conservancy responded to the United States Copyright Office's request for comments to better understand how so-called generative AI systems present new challenges and concerns to copyright. SFC's comments, prepared primarily by our Policy Fellow, Bradley M. Kuhn and Director of Compliance, Denver Gingerich, addressed the unique issues raised in relation to copyleft-licensed materials and the implications of their use in training set materials.