Summary
Danial Gholami alleges that OpenAI used his copyrighted works without authorization to train its large language models underlying ChatGPT. The case involves copyright infringement claims under the Copyright Act, with Gholami seeking to enjoin OpenAI from destroying evidence; the case has been consolidated into MDL No. 3143 with eleven other copyright infringement actions against OpenAI and Microsoft in the Northern District of California and Southern District of New York. The consolidated litigation centers on whether OpenAI and Microsoft unlawfully copied vast quantities of copyrighted works to train their generative AI systems, with plaintiffs also asserting Digital Millennium Copyright Act violations and other claims.
Case details
- Court
- NDCA
- Docket number
- 3:26-cv-00174
- Filed
- Jan 6, 2026
- Status
- Active
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