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In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation (Tremblay v. OpenAI) copyright case

Brought by

Paul TremblaySarah Silverman

v.

Defendants

Authors Paul Tremblay, Mona Awad, Sarah Silverman and others allege OpenAI trained ChatGPT on pirated copies of their books; the Silverman and Chabon suits were consolidated into it.

The case

Court
US District Court, Northern District of California
Docket
4:23-cv-03223
Filed
Jun 28, 2023
Status
ActiveMost non-copyright claims dismissed in 2024; transferred to the SDNY OpenAI MDL in 2025.

History

3 dated entries
OrderApr 8, 2025 · 19mo agoORDER re 397 : In light of the JPML's transfer order and impending transfer of this case to the Southern District of New York, the April 17, 2025 hearing is VACATED. Signed by JudgSource
RulingFeb 12, 2024 · 2.7y agoOrder dismissing DMCA, vicarious infringement and negligence claimsSource
FilingJun 28, 2023 · 3.4y agoComplaint filed: Tremblay v. OpenAI, Inc.Source
CopyrightActiveDec 14 · in 35dDow Jones sued v. PerplexityThe Wall Street Journal and New York Post publishers say Perplexity copies their articles to answer questions.Telephone conferenceS.D. N.Y.filed Oct 2024CopyrightActiveUnverifiedDec 17 · in 38dCarreyrou sued v. Anthropic PBCSued for copyright infringement.Motion to dismiss hearingN.D. Cal.filed Dec 2025CopyrightActiveJan 12, 2027 · in 64dJamendo sued v. NVIDIAJamendo alleges NVIDIA used its music catalog to train audio AI models without permission.Initial case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Jun 2026CopyrightActiveJul 26, 2027 · in 9moHendrix sued v. AppleAuthors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson allege Apple trained its OpenELM and Apple Intelligence models on pirated books from the Books3 dataset; later consolidated with Martinez-Conde and Alexander v. Apple.Further case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Sep 2025CopyrightActiveAug 31, 2027 · in 10moGetty Images sued v. Stability AI (N.D. Cal.)Getty refiled its US copyright and trademark claims over Stable Diffusion training in California after its Delaware case stalled on jurisdiction.Dispositive motion hearingN.D. Cal.filed Aug 2025CopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Dow Jones & Company, Inc. sued v. Bradstreet & Company, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.S.D. OhioCopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Elsevier Inc. sued v. Meta Platforms, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.N.D. Cal.CopyrightActivefiled Sep 2026UMG Recordings sued v. Suno (II)A second label suit against Suno covering about 60,000 additional works, filed parallel to the original 2024 case.D. Mass.
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