Five Canadian media companies sued , owner of , this Friday (29), accusing the company of copyright and terms of use violations.
The lawsuit is part of a series of lawsuits filed against OpenAI and other technology companies by authors, visual artists, music publishers and other copyright owners, who question the use of data to train generative AI systems.
Microsoft () is OpenAI’s biggest supporter.
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In a statement, twist, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press e CBC/Radio-Canada stated that OpenAI is using much of the content they create to develop their products, but without permission or compensation to the respective rights owners.
“Journalism is in the public interest. OpenAI using other companies’ journalism for its own financial gain is not. It is illegal”, says the group.
A New York federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed on November 7 against OpenAI that alleged illegal use of articles published in the media Raw Story and no AlterNet.
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In an 84-page lawsuit filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the five companies demand damages from OpenAI and a permanent injunction barring the company from using their materials without consent.
“Instead of legally seeking and obtaining the information, OpenAI chose to brazenly appropriate the valuable intellectual property of media companies and convert it for its own use, including commercial use, without consent or consideration,” the lawsuit contends.
“The media companies never received from OpenAI any form of consideration, including payments, in exchange for OpenAI’s use of their work,” they allege.
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In response, OpenAI reported that its models are trained with public data, based on fair use of international copyright principles.
