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THEFT VS. FAIR USE.

By Zimbo · October 6, 2026

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AI cartoon by Zimbo: Satirical cartoon: two identical robots absorbing stacks of WORDS are weighed on a giant courthouse scale — one pan stamped THEFT above a tiny jail cell, the other labeled FAIR USE — while a bored judge looks on.
The unsealed opinion in Thomson Reuters' landmark AI case: training on someone's words is theft — unless it's a chatbot. Two scales, two verdicts.Zimbo for AI News Page
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