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OpenAI argues Canadian news publishers’ lawsuit should be heard in U.S.
OpenAI contests Ontario court's jurisdiction, arguing copyright laws should not apply extraterritorially, while Canadian publishers assert strong local connections and content ownership.
- In Ottawa, OpenAI will argue in the Ontario Superior Court that the copyright suit should be heard in United States courts, citing its San Francisco headquarters and Delaware subsidiaries.
- A coalition of Canadian news outlets including The Canadian Press, Torstar, The Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada sued OpenAI last year for using news content to train ChatGPT without permission, marking Canada's first case on AI training copyright issues.
- They say there is a real and substantial connection to Ontario because the news publishers are Canadian-owned, headquartered there, and technical issues like servers and web-crawling protocols are pivotal legal questions.
- Filings say the dispute could shape legal precedent as OpenAI warned U.S. courts' rulings could conflict with Canadian courts, while Canadian news publishers argue adopting OpenAI's test risks ceding digital economy jurisdiction.
- Multiple U.S. lawsuits about AI training since 2023 remain unsettled, with both sides accusing politicization: publishers invoke Canadian sovereignty and journalism's importance, while OpenAI calls these claims irrelevant.
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OpenAI argues Canadian news publishers’ lawsuit should be heard in U.S.
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OpenAI argues Canadian news publishers’ lawsuit should be heard in U.S. – 105.9 The Region
OTTAWA — OpenAI is set to argue in an Ontario court today that a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers involving its ChatGPT generative AI system should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead. A coalition of Canadian news outlets which includes The Canadian Press, Torstar, The Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada is suing OpenAI for using news content to train ChatGPT. In what is the first case of its kind in Canada, they a…
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