Copyright
DMCA Section 1202(b) — Removal of Copyright Management Information
Intentionally removing or altering copyright management information, or distributing works knowing that information was removed, while knowing or having reason to know it will conceal infringement.
Pleaded in 12 of the 98 matters on this docket
Governing law
17 U.S.C. 1202(b); remedies at 17 U.S.C. 1203
Damages
Actual damages, or statutory damages under 17 U.S.C. 1203(c)(3)(B) of $2,500 to $25,000 per violation. Unlike section 504(c), the unit is the violation, which is why these counts can carry the largest theoretical exposure in a dataset case.
Limitations period
Three years, 17 U.S.C. 507(b).
Reference material about publicly available law, current as of the date this file was compiled. It is not legal advice and it does not describe anyone’s particular situation. Statutes and limitations periods vary by jurisdiction and change.
Matters pleading this claim
Getty Images v. Stability AI (US)
N.D. Cal. · 3:25-cv-06891 (TLT)
Stable Diffusion
Filed 2025-08-14 · Individual Action
DiscoveryZiff Davis v. OpenAI
S.D.N.Y. · 1:25-cv-04315 (SHS-OTW) (orig. D. Del. 1:25-cv-00501)
ChatGPT / GPT-series models
Filed 2025-04-24 · MDL
MDL ConsolidatedIn re OpenAI Copyright MDL
S.D.N.Y. · 1:25-md-03143 (SHS-OTW)
ChatGPT / GPT-series models
Filed 2025-04-03 · MDL
MDL ConsolidatedCIR v. OpenAI
S.D.N.Y. · 1:24-cv-04872
ChatGPT / GPT-series models
Filed 2024-06-27 · MDL
MDL ConsolidatedDaily News v. Microsoft/OpenAI
S.D.N.Y. · 1:24-cv-03285
ChatGPT / GPT-series models and Microsoft Copilot
Filed 2024-04-30 · MDL
MDL ConsolidatedRaw Story v. OpenAI
S.D.N.Y. (2d Cir. on appeal) · 1:24-cv-01514
ChatGPT / GPT-series models
Filed 2024-02-28 · Individual Action
On AppealUnconfirmedNYT v. Microsoft & OpenAI
S.D.N.Y. · 1:23-cv-11195 (SHS-OTW)
ChatGPT, GPT-4, Microsoft Copilot / Bing Chat
Filed 2023-12-27 · MDL
MDL ConsolidatedConcord Music v. Anthropic
N.D. Cal. (transferred from M.D. Tenn.) · 5:24-cv-03811 (orig. M.D. Tenn. 3:23-cv-01092)
Claude
Filed 2023-10-18 · Individual Action
ActiveUnconfirmedKadrey v. Meta
N.D. Cal. · 3:23-cv-03417 (VC)
Llama large language models
Filed 2023-07-07 · Class Action
DiscoveryTremblay v. OpenAI
S.D.N.Y. (transferred from N.D. Cal.) · 1:25-cv-03482 (orig. N.D. Cal. 3:23-cv-03223)
ChatGPT / GPT-series models
Filed 2023-06-28 · MDL
MDL ConsolidatedUnconfirmedDoe v. GitHub (Copilot)
N.D. Cal. · 4:22-cv-06823 (JST); 9th Cir. No. 24-7700
GitHub Copilot / OpenAI Codex
Filed 2022-11-03 · Class Action
On AppealUnconfirmedIn re Google Generative AI
N.D. Cal. · 5:23-cv-03440
Bard / Gemini and Imagen
Filing date not established · Class Action
ActiveUnconfirmed