But NYT content is reporting on events truthfully to the public without any fiction or lies.
Since there can be only one truth it should not matter whether NYT or Washington Post or ChatGPT is spinning it out.
Unless NYT is claiming they don't report truth and publishes fiction.
That is of concern since, NYT claims to reporth news truthfully.
So is NYT scamming Americans hundreds of millions of dollars by charging for subscription fees by making a false promise on things that they report?
This should be the bigger question here.
I dont think that's accurate.
The Copyright Act, § 103, allows copyright protection for "compilations (of facts)", as long as there is some "creative" or "original" act involved in developing the compilation, such as in the selection (deciding which facts to include or exclude) and arrangement (how facts are displayed and in what order).