Trump Administration Backs OpenAI in Fair-Use Case, Setting a Precedent for Music Industry Suits Against Anthropic and Suno

The Trump administration has filed an amicus brief siding with OpenAI in a copyright fair-use case, marking what appears to be Washington's first direct intervention in the wave of AI copyright litigation. The move signals a potential federal posture favorable to AI companies on the question of whether training on copyrighted material constitutes fair use.

The intervention carries significant implications for the music industry's ongoing lawsuits against Anthropic and Suno, which center on similar questions of whether AI models trained on copyrighted songs infringe on rights holders. A federal government endorsement of fair-use arguments in the OpenAI case could shape how courts approach those disputes and others like them across the creative industries.