MDL
Daily News v. Microsoft/OpenAI
MDL ConsolidatedNot a class action
Daily News, LP, et al. v. Microsoft Corporation, OpenAI, Inc., et al.
Where it stands
Consolidated with the NYT action before Judge Stein on April 3, 2025 and swept into MDL 3143; OpenAI filed an amended answer to the Daily News complaint on May 20, 2025 and the case is in coordinated MDL discovery.
Key ruling
April 4, 2025 — the same Stein opinion governing the NYT case sustained the newspapers' direct and contributory infringement and trademark dilution claims while dismissing the DMCA §1202(b) and misappropriation claims.
The record
- Court
- S.D.N.Y.
- Case number
- 1:24-cv-03285
- Filed
- 2024-04-30
- Defendants
- Microsoft Corporation · OpenAI, Inc. · OpenAI affiliated entities
- Plaintiffs
- Eight Alden Global Capital–owned daily newspapers (New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Denver Post, Orange County Register, St. Paul Pioneer Press) — corporate plaintiffs, not a class
- Technology at issue
- ChatGPT / GPT-series models and Microsoft Copilot
- Relief sought
- Statutory and actual damages plus injunctive relief and destruction of infringing datasets
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- Eight newspaper publishers sue Microsoft and OpenAI over copyright infringementCNBC · 2024-04-30
- New York Times v. Microsoft Corp.Loeb & Loeb LLP · 2025-04-04
- In re: OpenAI, Inc., Copyright Infringement Litigation — litigation trackerMesh IP Law · 2025-10-30
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