Summary
The Intercept Media, Inc. sued OpenAI, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation alleging they intentionally removed copyright management information from thousands of the plaintiff's online news articles used to train ChatGPT, causing the chatbot to regurgitate parts of those works without attribution.[2][7] The claims arise under sections 1202(b)(1) and 1202(b)(3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; on November 21, 2024, the SDNY denied OpenAI's motion to dismiss the removal claim but granted it on the distribution claim, and granted Microsoft's motion in full, with a full opinion issued February 20, 2025.[1][2][4] As of April 2025, the case consolidated into In re: OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, with The Intercept's CMI removal claim against OpenAI the sole remaining allegation, cr
Case details
- Court
- SDNY
- Docket number
- 1:24-cv-01515
- Filed
- Feb 28, 2024
- Status
- Active
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