President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is the best in modern history — and that is precisely why the MAGA movement must speak up when a proposed policy falls short of the extraordinarily high bar the American people have come to expect of this administration.The Justice Department recently filed in OpenAI’s private lawsuit a "statement of interest of the United States," arguing Big Tech’s training of massive AI models on copyrighted text constitutes "fair use," largely intended for limited free use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes in classrooms.The Justice Department should withdraw this ill-advised statement.Essentially, the government’s stated position would let Big Tech oligarchs scrape, copy and commercialize every creative work in America without permission or payment.
The government claims this unlimited access is essential for national security, warning any restriction risks losing the AI race to China.That argument is un-American and absurd.FILE - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (R), accompanied by U.S.
President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.Trump announced an investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS SEE AI REGULATION AS URGENT, RANK SAFEGUARDS AHEAD OF INNOVATION"We must steal like China to compete against China" is not a principle; it is a surrender of the rule of law.It is especially damaging to the independent creators and conservative media outlets — like Steve Bannon’s War Room, which bypassed legacy gatekeepers, delivered truth directly to the public, and helped elect President Trump both times.
These voices were systematically censored, de-platformed and demonetized by the same Big Tech giants now seeking a free pass to harvest their work.Having largely lost the censorship fight, the left and its Big Tech allies are shifting to theft as the new method of con...