OpenAI quotes 20 briefs, US government included, against New York Times

The OpenAI Copyright Case Has Drawn A Mountain Of Amicus Briefs. We Sorted Them For You.

Last week Cathy wrote about the amicus brief we filed in the big multi-district litigation (MDL) that consolidated a bunch of different lawsuits claiming that OpenAI and Microsoft infringed the plaintiffs’ copyrights by training AI models on their works. A lot of people and groups offered proposed amicus briefs. For boring procedural reasons, unlike in […]

More Amicus Briefs Flood NYT, OpenAI Copyright Case

Actors, writers groups, advocacy organizations, law professors and current and former political leaders weighed in on the OpenAI copyright multidistrict litigation in New York federal court, with some arguing that fair use does not protect the artificial intelligence developer, while others contended that training models on copyrighted works was all above board.

WME Joins New York Times Copyright Battle Again OpenAI

In the true sense of American capitalism and Hollywood dealmaking put together, WME doesn’t have a problem with AI, but the Ari Emanuel-chaired agency wants the right kind of AI for its clients and creators. “WME’s position is therefore not that AI use of creative materials should be stopped, but that it should be licensed,” the Bev Hills-based agency declared in an amicus brief filed on October 30 in the consolidated copyright infringement bat…

OpenAI quotes 20 briefs, US government included, against New York Times

Publishers asserting 10.8 million works await a summary judgment ruling as several briefs attack market dilution. What would a fair use win mean for licensing?