"OpenAI has copied, and continues to copy, copyrighted content from Merriam Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica at a massive scale, providing responses to user questions that often contain verbatim reproductions of writing from both companies, according to a suit filed in Manhattan federal court."
"OpenAI's actions directly violate Britannica's terms of use, which prohibit the use of data mining, robots, screen scraping or similar data gathering and extraction tools on its sites for purposes of developing or training AI except with its express written consent."
"OpenAI has publicly admitted to training its ChatGPT program on the dictionary and encyclopedia's online content in the past and rebuffed their licensing outreach in 2024, refusing to enter into any formal deal and instead continuing to copy content without compensation."
Merriam Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI in Manhattan federal court, claiming the company systematically copied their copyrighted content at massive scale to train AI products and generate responses containing verbatim reproductions. The suit alleges OpenAI violated Britannica's terms of service prohibiting data mining and AI training without express written consent. OpenAI previously admitted to training ChatGPT on both companies' online content and rejected licensing negotiations in 2024, choosing instead to continue copying without compensation. OpenAI claims its models use publicly available data grounded in fair use doctrine. The plaintiffs seek damages for copyright infringement, trademark violations, and illicit profits, arguing OpenAI's actions threaten their ability to provide trustworthy information.
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