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Copyright infringement
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Vicarious copyright infringement
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Contributory copyright infringement
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Removal of CMI in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The plaintiffs seek more than $10 billion in damages, restitution, destruction of AI models that use the works, injunctive relief, litigation costs, and attorney fees.
OpenAI Defends AI Training Practices
An OpenAI spokesperson told Law360 Wednesday:
“ChatGPT helps enhance human creativity, advance scientific discovery and medical research, and enable hundreds of millions of people to improve their daily lives. Our models empower innovation, and are trained on publicly available data and grounded in fair use.”
Representatives for Microsoft and counsel for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday.
Legal Representation
The news outlets are represented by Steven Lieberman, Jennifer B. Maisel, Robert Parker, Jenny L. Colgate, Kristen J. Logan, Bryan B. Thompson, and Alexandra Hughes of Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck PC. Counsel information for Microsoft and OpenAI was not immediately available.
