Richner Communications v. Microsoft copyright case

Docket

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RCRichner Communications

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Defendants

MicrosoftOpenAI

Thirty-five local and regional newspaper publishers representing about 400 outlets allege Microsoft and OpenAI copied their journalism to build AI products.

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