[João Pedro Quintais and Nick Diakopoulos] From the perspective of authors and copyright holders, there is a clear concern that generative AI tools are built on the unauthorized and non-remunerated use of their works, while at the same time negatively impacting their livelihood. At the same time, it is also noted that these tools benefit many artists and content creators, whose interests should be considered when regulating these technologies from a copyright policy perspective. Others still are concerned that legal intervention at this stage would lead to market concentration and “make our creative world even more homogenous and sanitized”... In this post we’ll parse these legal issues, first offering some background on copyright law and AI models, and then reflecting on some more specific and pragmatic questions that may impact how you think about using the models in different news production tasks.