More newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft today. This is copyright lawsuit no. 143 against AI companies. It was filed in the Southern District of New York, where it will likely be assigned to Judge Stein in the MDL litigation and then stayed pending the resolution of summary judgment motions.
The newspapers allege the following claims:
- **COUNT I: Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. § 501)**On Behalf of Times Publishing Company Against All Defendants
- COUNT II: Vicarious Copyright Infringement****On Behalf of Plaintiff Times Publishing Company Against Microsoft, OpenAI, Inc.,OpenAI, GP, OpenAI LP, OAI Corporation, LLC, OpenAI Holdings, LLC, OpenAIGlobal, LLC, and OpenAI Group PBC
- **COUNT III: Digital Millennium Copyright Act – Removal of Copyright Management****Information (17 U.S.C. § 1202)**On Behalf of All Plaintiffs Against the OpenAI Defendants
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By my unofficial count, this is copyright suit No. 27 against OpenAI and 15 against Microsoft.
source & further reading
chatgptiseatingtheworld.com — original article
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