Summary
The Authors Guild and 17 fiction authors sued OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming they copied the authors' copyrighted books without permission to train large language models like ChatGPT.[1][3][6] The case alleges direct, contributory, and vicarious copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 501 in the Southern District of New York (1:23-cv-08292, filed September 19, 2023), with a December 2023 class action complaint on behalf of fiction writers; Judge Sidney H. Stein denied motions to dismiss output claims, allowed shadow library downloading claims, but struck allegations on certain new models (opinions October 27, 2025, and later).[3][4][5][8] Plaintiffs seek damages for lost licensing opportunities, a permanent injunction, and represent over 14,000 Authors Guild members in a case testing fair
Case details
- Court
- SDNY
- Docket number
- 1:23-cv-08292
- Filed
- Sep 19, 2023
- Status
- Active
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