from the why-is-the-ftc-even-looking-at-this? dept Last year we were dismayed (and somewhat annoyed) to see the FTC step way beyond its bounds and expertise by issuing a ridiculous comment to the US Copyright Office regarding questions around AI and copyright. In it, the FTC (which has no authority — or expertise — regarding copyright law) argued that fair use was somehow anticompetitive, and resulted in “unfair competition.” This is the opposite of truth. A key part of the reason for fair use i...