Sullivan v. OpenAI copyright case

US District Court, Southern District of New York · 1:26-cv-06966 · filed Aug 14, 2026 · Active

Proposed class action alleging OpenAI trained on copyrighted works without permission; filed as a companion to Sullivan v. Meta in California.

The case

2 dated entries

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Aug 28	Order: ORDER : Plaintiffs are ordered to show cause in writing on or before September 11, 2026, why this action should not be stayed pending resolution of summary judgment motions in the	Order	Link
Aug 14	Filing: Complaint filed: Sullivan v. OpenAI Foundation	Filing	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Sep 25Further Case Management Conference Todaynext date	Kadrey v. MetaFurther Case Management ConferenceActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Jul 7, 2023
Sep 29Case Management Conference in 4dnext date	Encyclopaedia Britannica v. PerplexityCase Management ConferenceActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Sep 10, 2025
Oct 1Scheduling Conference in 6dnext date	Gilbert v. AnthropicScheduling ConferenceActiveCopyrightD. Mass.	Copyright	Active	May 26
Oct 8Oral Argument in 13dnext date	Hachette Book Group v. GoogleOral ArgumentActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Jul 10
Oct 14Telephonic status hearing in 19dnext date	Woulard v. SunoTelephonic status hearingActiveCopyrightN.D. Ill.	Copyright	Active	Oct 16, 2025
Oct 15Initial Case Management Conference in 20dnext date	EVOX Productions v. GoogleInitial Case Management ConferenceActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Jul 9
Oct 19Discovery Hearing in 24dnext date	Nazemian v. NVIDIADiscovery HearingActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Mar 8, 2024
Oct 23Status Conference in 28dnext date	UMG Recordings v. Uncharted Labs (Udio)Status ConferenceActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Jun 24, 2024

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Sullivan v. OpenAI Foundation