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MUSIC‘Just the Two of Us’ Publisher: Olivia Dean Ripped Us Off DMCAApple: Scraping YouTube for AI Was Fair Game FAIR USEWestlaw Just Won the First Big AI Fair-Use Appeal TRADEMARKCopy That! Fintech Rivals Go to War Over a Dashboard. AI · NEWSPublishers to Court: AI Can’t Just Steal the News LICENSINGLEGO Gets Bricked in ‘Queer Eye’ Copyright Fight MUSIC‘Just the Two of Us’ Publisher: Olivia Dean Ripped Us Off DMCAApple: Scraping YouTube for AI Was Fair Game FAIR USEWestlaw Just Won the First Big AI Fair-Use Appeal TRADEMARKCopy That! Fintech Rivals Go to War Over a Dashboard. AI · NEWSPublishers to Court: AI Can’t Just Steal the News LICENSINGLEGO Gets Bricked in ‘Queer Eye’ Copyright Fight MUSIC‘Just the Two of Us’ Publisher: Olivia Dean Ripped Us Off DMCAApple: Scraping YouTube for AI Was Fair Game FAIR USEWestlaw Just Won the First Big AI Fair-Use Appeal TRADEMARKCopy That! Fintech Rivals Go to War Over a Dashboard. AI · NEWSPublishers to Court: AI Can’t Just Steal the News LICENSINGLEGO Gets Bricked in ‘Queer Eye’ Copyright Fight
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‘Just the Two of Us’ Publisher: Olivia Dean Ripped Us Off

The publisher controlling rights in “Just the Two of Us” sued Capitol Records, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Publishing and Kobalt, alleging Olivia Dean’s “I’ve Seen It” copies protected melodic expression from the Withers classic. The Oct. 1 complaint puts another major-label release under the increasingly forensic rules of music-copyright litigation.

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The Dispatch Bench Balance: Fair Use

Everyone is looking for clues about where AI copyright law is headed. We’re putting the court decisions on The Tape.

Chart of the week

Where the court record stands.

Updated Oct 2, 2026
Current reading0 = fair use found · 50 = mixed · 100 = rejected
50.0
▲ +7.1 The court record is divided Previous 42.9 · Cases 8
0–19 Fair use dominates20–39 Leads40–60 Divided61–80 Leads81–100 Rejection dominates
The latest move

Thomson Reuters v. Ross

Fair use rejected3rd Cir. · Sept. 29, 2026

The Third Circuit affirmed Thomson Reuters’ win, rejecting Ross’s fair use defense. It is the first U.S. appellate decision to address fair use in the context of AI training.

42.9 → 50.0 ▲ 7.1
The Tape · running average after each decision
2026Thomson Reuters v. Ross3rd Cir.Fair use rejected · 100reading → 50.0
DIVIDED 100 75 50 25 0 50.0 HathiTrust 2014 25.0 Google Books 2015 16.7 Oracle 2021 37.5 Warhol 2023 50.0 Hachette 2024 50.0 Anthropic 2025 42.9 Meta 2025 50.0 Ross 2026
Running readingFair use found (0)Mixed (50)Rejected (100)
Balance by court level

District courts: 25.0. Appeals courts: 62.5.

District courts n=225.0
Courts of appeals n=462.5
Supreme Court n=250.0

Coded from U.S. court decisions · 0 = fair use found, 50 = mixed, 100 = fair use rejected.

The read-through

A 0-to-100 reading of U.S. court decisions on copying, digitization, computational use and AI training. Each case is coded 0 when fair use is found, 50 for a mixed result and 100 when fair use is rejected. It shows where the court record stands — not what the next judge will do.

The Third Circuit affirmed Thomson Reuters’ win, rejecting Ross’s fair use defense. It is the first U.S. appellate decision to address fair use in the context of AI training.

ContinuesThe eight cases behind the number, and how the outcomes break down. READ THE FULL BENCH BALANCE →
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Banks as Publishers

Wall Street is building its own audiences. Follow the hires, acquisitions and publishing bets bringing banks closer to customers.

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Its job listings reveal a two-front strategy.

Use content to shape consumer transactions while opening doors for bankers in industries where the firm wants to deploy capital.

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Content Moves Closer to the Transaction

Banking · Regulation

02 Selling Trust

Compliance is becoming a growth strategy—turning risk control into a selling point.

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The Take Expect an industry pivot from brand education to regulatory/trust messaging. Content shifts to proving stability, compliance, and institutional longevity.

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03 Workflow Wars

AI is changing how Wall Street produces research. Follow the platforms, data and rules shaping the work.

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OpenAI Moves Directly Into Wall Street’s Research Workflow

ChatGPT for Financial Services combines a frontier model with premium financial data and firm templates. The important shift is that another chatbot is not the point—OpenAI is trying to sit inside the production line.

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The Agentic Advisor

How AI feeds research to wealth managers.

As AI moves closer to the client, wealth managers are shifting from static summaries to connected, real-time workflows.

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CLAUDE FOR FINANCIAL ADVISORS

Anthropic unveiled a specialized AI suite integrating Claude directly into Charles Schwab’s custody platform, alongside BlackRock, Envestnet, and Addepar. The tool connects models directly to advisor CRMs and portfolio systems for automated meeting prep, portfolio reviews, and compliance documentation.

The Take: Shifts research from static 40-page PDFs to instant, personalized client emails generated on the fly.

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Instead of relying on external plugins, Dynasty is embedding Claude models directly into the core desktop software of its next-generation Dynasty AI platform.

SEC Targets AI Disclosure in 2026 Focus

Regulators have prioritized AI usage in wealth management, scrutinizing how firms supervise AI-generated outputs, cite original investment advice, and disclose AI involvement in client communications.

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