The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the removal of copyright management information (CMI) from a newly created work does not itself violate DMCA Section 1202. The case involved OpenAI and Microsoft using GitHub code in LLM training, but the court ruled the plaintiffs' theory would create a new, unwarranted source of liability. The decision limits the scope of DMCA liability for AI‑generated works.
Why it matters: The ruling curtails attempts to broaden DMCA liability for AI‑generated code, preserving lawful AI development and remix culture.
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