Daily News LP et al v. Microsoft Corporation et al

  1. April 04, 2025

    Judge Details Preserving IP Claims Against Microsoft, OpenAI

    A New York federal judge on Friday explained a decision from March that kept intact news organizations' direct and contributory copyright infringement claims accusing Microsoft and OpenAI of copying their content to train generative artificial intelligence models.

  2. April 03, 2025

    JPML Steers Pretrial Matters In OpenAI Copyright Fight To NY

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday decided to centralize the pretrial work for a series of copyright infringement and Digital Millennium Copyright Act lawsuits against OpenAI in New York federal court.

  3. April 01, 2025

    NYT Demands OpenAI President Testify As Long As Staff

    The New York Times has asked a federal judge to order that OpenAI president Greg Brockman sit for a standard deposition this month in copyright lawsuits over material used to train large language models, saying he should not be considered an "apex" witness who can testify for less time than his employees.

  4. March 26, 2025

    Judge Trims Copyright Case Against Microsoft, OpenAI

    A New York federal judge Wednesday kept alive news organizations' direct and contributory copyright infringement claims accusing Microsoft and OpenAI of ripping off their content to train generative artificial intelligence while trimming claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but giving the plaintiffs a chance to rework their allegations.

  5. January 14, 2025

    OpenAI Products Not Designed To Evade Paywalls, Judge Told

    Lawyers for OpenAI and Microsoft spent Tuesday morning trying to convince a New York federal judge to trim down news organizations' copyright infringement cases against them, saying large language models aren't designed to spit out entire articles so that readers can avoid paywalls.

  6. October 21, 2024

    In OpenAI Copyright Case, Court Told, 'Too Many Cooks'

    Lawyers for some of the media companies and groups hitting up OpenAI and Microsoft with copyright cases say they have major reservations about marrying their cases, warning about rushed discovery and "forcing too many cooks into the same kitchen."

  7. July 26, 2024

    Copyright Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2024

    The first copyright trial arising from an artificial intelligence platform could provide intellectual property attorneys with insight into dozens of pending suits against AI companies, while the Tenth Circuit is reconsidering whether Netflix made fair use of a funeral clip in its "Tiger King" docuseries.

  8. June 26, 2024

    Newspapers Rip OpenAI, Microsoft Bids To End Copyright Suit

    Eight newspapers accusing Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI Inc. of infringing copyrights of their works to train their chatbots have blasted the companies' dismissal bids in New York federal court, saying OpenAI's motion reads "like a press release" instead of a legal argument and that Microsoft is "focused on telling its story," which the papers contend "is full of holes."

  9. June 12, 2024

    Microsoft, OpenAI Call Papers' Suit A 'Copycat' Of NYT's Case

    OpenAI and Microsoft Corp. have asked a New York federal court to toss the bulk of a copyright complaint from eight newspapers that accuses the companies of stealing their content to develop versions of ChatGPT, contending the lawsuit is modeled after one from The New York Times and saying the allegations mischaracterize the technology.

  10. April 30, 2024

    Alden Newspapers Allege OpenAI, Microsoft Rip Off IP

    Eight regional newspapers owned by private equity giant Alden Global Capital sued OpenAI and Microsoft in New York federal court Tuesday, accusing the tech companies of ripping off the newspapers' copyrights and misappropriating news articles to train AI chatbots that also allegedly spread fake news falsely attributed to the newspapers.

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