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German Music Body Sues OpenAI Alleging Copyright Breaches

  • A German music rights body, GEMA, is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, claiming that its AI reproduced lyrics without permission, as heard in court on Monday.
  • GEMA is representing lyricists of nine German songs and is seeking unspecified damages from OpenAI.
  • The court stated it was "undisputed" that OpenAI's AI was trained with the lyrics of those songs.
  • OpenAI contends that its large language models do not store or copy specific data but reflect what they have learned.
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The German collecting society Gema is taking action in front of a Munich court with the American tech giant OpenAI. The process is about no less than the future of culture in the age of artificial intelligence.

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German music body sues OpenAI alleging copyright breaches

A German music rights body is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, claiming the US tech giant's AI systems reproduced several artists' lyrics without permission, a court heard Monday.

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The collecting society complains about the use of lyrics by AI. Right at the beginning of the trial, the court makes a preliminary assessment that OpenAI cannot please.

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A German court on Monday heard a lawsuit against US company OpenAI, accusing it of unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted song lyrics. The case, being heard by the Munich Regional Court, was filed by the German Collective Management Association for Music Intellectual Property Rights (GEMA), which represents some 100,000 composers and music publishers. GEMA claims that OpenAI used the lyrics to train its systems and then played them back to use…

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Organisation states that the IA system plays songs by several artists without permission

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aachener-zeitung.de broke the news in on Monday, September 29, 2025.
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