Alter v. OpenAI copyright case

US District Court, Southern District of New York · 1:23-cv-10211 · filed Nov 21, 2023 · Active

Nonfiction authors led by Julian Sancton (later Jonathan Alter) allege OpenAI and Microsoft trained models on their books without a license.

The case

Plaintiffs: Jonathan Alter
Defendants: OpenAI, Microsoft
Court: US District Court, Southern District of New York
Docket: 1:23-cv-10211
Filed: Nov 21, 2023
Status: ActiveCentralized in In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation (SDNY MDL 1:25-md-03143).

1 dated entry

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Nov 21, 2023	Filing: Complaint filed: Alter v. OpenAI Inc.	Filing	Link

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Alter v. OpenAI Inc.