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Today New York Times, Tomorrow Preprint Servers( e.g Authorea)., Scopus, and University IP? The Escalating Target List of Tech Giants' IP Theft. Tech Giants Remain Undeterred by Intellectual Property Litigation for Their 'Fake Hero' Narrative: Revolutionary Methods Urgently Needed to Solve This Global Crisis in the AI Era | Authorea try { document.documentElement.classList.add('js'); } catch (e) { } var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'G-8VDV14Y67G']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Tech Giants Remain Undeterred by Intellectual Property Litigation for Their 'Fake Hero' Narrative: Revolutionary Methods Urgently Needed to Solve This Global Crisis in the AI Era Author : Prof. Dr. Peter Chew 0000-0002-5935-3041 [email protected] Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.176901910.05811649/v1 181 views 86 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract This study documents the systematic escalation of intellectual property theft by tech giants, evidenced by recent lawsuits from The New York Times (December 2023) and individual reporter Blake Brittain (December 2025) against OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and xAI for unauthorized use of copyrighted content in AI training. The pattern reveals a calculated targeting strategy: major publishers today, preprint servers and academic repositories tomorrow, university intellectual property inevitably next. Despite ongoing litigation and public exposure, developers continue systematic IP appropriation to maintain the profitable "Fake Hero" AI narrative. Analysis shows this escalation is rational business strategy: if stealing from The New York Times (protected by teams of lawyers and substantial resources), stealing from individual researchers, preprint servers (e.g Authorea, SSRN, arXiv, bioRxiv), Scopus-indexed publications, and university IP repositories becomes inevitable. Evidence demonstrates that current litigation-spanning years with minimal consequences-emboldens rather than deters tech giants, validating predictions that traditional legal frameworks cannot protect academic knowledge infrastructure. We conclude that revolutionary enforcement methods are urgently needed before the global academic IP ecosystem collapses under systematic appropriation. 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