{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Valley Current\u00ae: The Coming Copyright Tidal Wave?","description":"What if a federal judge just found a way around the legal shield that protected tech companies for decades? In this episode of The Valley Current\u00ae, Jack Russo examines a little-known 2026 court ruling that could carry enormous consequences for the future of artificial intelligence. At the center of the fight are a few lines of code, disputed training data, and a legal theory that may push copyright liability far beyond chatbot companies and deep into the infrastructure layer of AI itself. The ruling has already sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley because if this interpretation spreads, the fallout may not stop with model builders. It could reach chip makers, cloud providers, open-source tools, and the entire ecosystem powering the AI boom. The question is whether this case is an outlier\u2026 or the opening surge of a much larger copyright tidal wave. Jack Russo Managing Partner Jrusso@computerlaw.com www.computerlaw.com https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jackrusso &quot;Every Entrepreneur Imagines a Better World&quot;\u00ae\ufe0f &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"THE VALLEY CURRENT\u00ae\ufe0f COMPUTERLAW GROUP LLP","author_url":"http:\/\/computerlaw.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41235895\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201953060"}