Class of Authors Can Pursue Copyright Infringement Claims Against OpenAI in SDNY

What do the works of John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, and George R.R. Martin have in common? In addition to being bestsellers, they are at the heart of a consolidated class action asserting OpenAI’s use of those authors’ work as training material for its large language models (“LLMs”) violates copyright law. In a blow to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled this week that the plaintiffs adequately stated a prima facie claim for copyright…
By: Saul Ewing LLP