AI-Training Digital Copyright Ruling Paves Way for More Lawsuits

The Intercept’s victory over OpenAI Inc.‘s bid to quickly dismiss the publication’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act lawsuit marks the first such case to clear initial court hurdles, setting the stage for similar claims against AI companies.

As lawsuits pile up over the processes used to train AI models, plaintiffs are getting smarter about how to bring claims against the novel technology, attorneys said. After other DMCA-focused complaints against AI firms were dismissed, Judge Jed S. Rakoff’s Nov. 21 ruling provides insight into what courts need to see to move those claims forward, said Bhamati Viswanathan, assistant professor at ...