Summary
Ziff Davis sued OpenAI alleging its copyrighted works from publications like CNET and IGN were used without permission to train ChatGPT and generate infringing outputs. The case asserts direct and contributory copyright infringement, DMCA violations for circumvention and CMI removal, Lanham Act trademark dilution, and Delaware state law claims; a Southern District of New York court dismissed the DMCA robots.txt circumvention claim and unjust enrichment but advanced others in a December 2025 order. It is part of the In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation MDL and tests AI training liability for media content.
Case details
- Court
- D. Del.
- Docket number
- 1:25-cv-00501
- Filed
- Apr 24, 2025
- Status
- Active
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