Canadian copyright in the age of generative AI (consultation submission)

AI training and copyright

Can AI be trained on protected works?

Closer to freely allowed

Adopt a text and data mining exception now; wait for the courts before changing LLM rules

What it says

Geist argues a text and data mining exception is an overdue reform priority used widely elsewhere, but that legislating on large language model training is premature: courts should first rule on the pending claims, and the next statutory review should take up generative AI.

Canada's best-known IP academic backs a data mining exception but urges patience on AI training.

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