A federal judge has rebuffed OpenAI’s bid to dismiss a copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times accusing the tech company of mass theft for using the publication’s content to train its AI system without consent or compensation.
U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein on Wednesday advanced the Times‘ core claims related to copyright infringement while narrowing the scope of the case. He said he will issue a ruling “expeditiously.”
With the decision, the publication clears a key hurdle in the case as it seeks an answer on fair use — a critical question in AI cases that asks whether the use of copyrighted material to train AI systems without a license is permitted.
A finding of infringement could result in massive damages since the statutory maximum for each willful violation runs up to $150,000. The lawsuit, which also named OpenAI backer Microsoft, advanced claims for copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement and trademark dilution.
U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein on Wednesday advanced the Times‘ core claims related to copyright infringement while narrowing the scope of the case. He said he will issue a ruling “expeditiously.”
With the decision, the publication clears a key hurdle in the case as it seeks an answer on fair use — a critical question in AI cases that asks whether the use of copyrighted material to train AI systems without a license is permitted.
A finding of infringement could result in massive damages since the statutory maximum for each willful violation runs up to $150,000. The lawsuit, which also named OpenAI backer Microsoft, advanced claims for copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement and trademark dilution.
- 3/26/2025
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A coalition of eight daily newspapers have sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, expanding a growing front in the legal battle over the unauthorized use of articles to power artificial intelligence technology.
The lawsuit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, is at least the fourth complaint brought against the Sam Altman-led firm over copyright issues associated with training the automated chatbots that have vaulted the company to a multibillion-dollar valuation and sparked rivals to pour troves of cash into competing technology. It argues that thousands of their articles were used to train the AI systems that power ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and other products that now effectively compete against them.
The publishers — The New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Denver Post, Orange County Register and St. Paul Pioneer Press — are all owned by investment firm Alden Global Capital.
The lawsuit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, is at least the fourth complaint brought against the Sam Altman-led firm over copyright issues associated with training the automated chatbots that have vaulted the company to a multibillion-dollar valuation and sparked rivals to pour troves of cash into competing technology. It argues that thousands of their articles were used to train the AI systems that power ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and other products that now effectively compete against them.
The publishers — The New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Denver Post, Orange County Register and St. Paul Pioneer Press — are all owned by investment firm Alden Global Capital.
- 4/30/2024
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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