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Major Canadian news outlets sue OpenAI in new copyright case

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A coalition of five major news companies in Canada, including the publishers of top newspapers, newswires, and the national broadcaster, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The suit alleges that OpenAI is engaging in copyright infringement by using news articles without permission, a practice the coalition describes as "strip-mining journalism." The lawsuit seeks punitive damages, a share of profits made by OpenAI from using the news articles, and an injunction barring the company from using any news articles in the future. This lawsuit is the first of its kind in Canada, but similar suits have been filed in the United States.

  1. CA
    Paul Deegan
    News Media Alliance
    1. They are strip-mining journalism while substantially, unjustly and unlawfully enriching themselves to the detriment of publishers.
    2. These artificial intelligence companies cannibalize proprietary content and are free-riding on the backs of news publishers who invest real money to employ real journalists who produce real stories for real people.
  2. US
    OpenAI
    1. We have not yet had the opportunity to review the allegations.
  3. News Media Alliance
    1. The defendants have engaged in ongoing, deliberate and unauthorized misappropriation of the plaintiffs' valuable news media works. The plaintiffs bring this action to prevent and seek recompense for these unlawful activities.
    2. OpenAI regularly breaches copyright and online terms of use by scraping large swathes of content from Canadian media to help develop its products, such as ChatGPT.
    3. To obtain the significant quantities of text data needed to develop their GPT models, OpenAI deliberately 'scrapes' (ie, accesses and copies) content from the news media companies' websites … It then uses that proprietary content to develop its GPT models, without consent or authorization.
    4. OpenAI's statements that it is somehow fair or in the public interest for them to use other companies' intellectual property for their own commercial gain is wrong.
    5. Journalism is in the public interest. OpenAI using other companies' journalism for their own commercial gain is not. It's illegal.

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sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.The New York Times
  4. 4.Associated Press
  5. 5.CBC News
  6. 6.CTV News
  7. 7.Fox News
  8. 8.Globe and Mail
  9. 9.New York Times
  10. 10.Times
  11. 11.Toronto Star

perspectives

  1. 1.Tech industry
  2. 2.Regulation
  3. 3.Social Media
  4. 4.News media
  5. 5.Artificial Intelligence
  6. 6.Canada under Justin Trudeau

countries

  1. 1.CanadaCA
  2. 2.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.OpenAIUS
  2. 2.MetaUS
  3. 3.Microsoft
  4. 4.Ontario Superior Court
  5. 5.Condé Nast
  6. 6.FacebookUS
  7. 7.News Media Alliance
  8. 8.Postmedia Network Canada Corp

persons

  1. 1.Matina Stevis-Gridneff
  2. 2.Paul DeeganCA

technicals

  1. 1.ChatGPT