Publishers Sue Microsoft, OpenAI over Alleged Content Scraping
The coalition says OpenAI and Microsoft used its articles to train ChatGPT and Copilot, and seeks damages for copyright and DMCA violations.
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OpenAI and Microsoft Sued for Mass Copyright Infringement by News Publisher Coalition
A large group of nationwide print and digital publishers has banded together to sue OpenAI and Microsoft for mass copyright infringement. The publishing coalition, comprising nearly 400 news publishers spanning local and regional outlets, alleged in a complaint filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and reviewed by TheWrap that OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot “systematically and secretly crawled…
A group of US publishers is demanding compensation for copyright infringement and a court ban on the further use of their content.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, WEHCO join lawsuit against OpenAI, Microsoft
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and WEHCO Newspapers Inc. have joined 33 other plaintiffs in a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing that the technology companies "systematically and willfully stole copyrighted news articles" and used that content to train and build commercial AI products including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, according to a news release from Platkin LLP, a New York City law firm representing the plaintiffs.
OpenAI, Microsoft Sued by Publishers for Scraping Articles (1)
Publishers that collectively own and operate nearly 400 newspapers are suing OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft Corp. for scraping their content to build products like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot without permission or compensation.
A newspaper company that owns and operates approximately 400 newspapers filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft on June 24, 2026, alleging that they "scraped content without permission or compensation to build products like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot." The complaint points out that while generative AI has brought billions of dollars in market value to companies, not a single cent has gone to those whose content was stolen.
Publishers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright infringement
A group of publishers has filed a fresh copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging the companies unlawfully copied and used copyrighted news content to train generative AI models while stripping away copyright management information (CMI) from the original works. The lawsuit, Richner Communications, Inc. et al. v. Microsoft Corporation et al., accuses Ope…
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