US EditionJudge doesn’t buy OpenAI argument NYT’s own reporting weakens copyright suit
- Judge Stein dismissed some NYT claims against OpenAI, but some claims remain active.
- NYT's free-riding claim required a plausible allegation of non-attribution, which news publishers failed to provide.
- Stein dismissed NYT's claim about copyright management information removal because ChatGPT reproduces excerpts without it.
- Stein stated that allowing claims based on article excerpts risked 'boundless DMCA liability'.
- The ruling joins 12 lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft in Manhattan federal court.
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OpenAI and Microsoft face joint copyright litigation
A series of high-profile copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft have been consolidated into one legal proceeding in New York, despite objections from many of the authors and news organisations involved. The US judicial panel on multidistrict litigation issued a transfer order on Thursday, moving 12 lawsuits—including those filed in California by authors Ta-Nehisi Coates, Michael Chabon and Sarah Silverman—to the Southern District of New…
Manhattan court consolidates OpenAI copyright lawsuits from authors, NYT
A US judicial panel ruled to move several copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft to New York, consolidating lawsuits from authors like Ta-Nehisi Coates and John Grisham, as well as news outlets like The New York Times. The cases involve claims that AI models used copyrighted content without permission.
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