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Publishers seek to join lawsuit against Google over AI copyright infringement

Book publishers are seeking to join an existing lawsuit filed by authors against Google, alleging that the company used copyrighted material to train its AI systems without permission.

15 January 2026 · Google · Intellectual property and appropriation
15 January 2026

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AII-1000-98643
Quick facts
Category
Intellectual property and appropriation
Country
United States
Date
15 January 2026
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Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

Book publishers are seeking to join an existing lawsuit filed by authors against Google, alleging that Google used copyrighted material to train its AI systems without permission.

Classification

Category
Intellectual property and appropriation
Industry
Media, social platforms and marketing
Country
United States
Harm status
Potential harm
Intent
Unknown
Timing
Unknown
Harm types
Economic or property
Harmed
Business
Failure modes
Training data misuse
Consequences
Litigation
AI systems
Google AI

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