Silverman et al v. OpenAI, Inc. et al

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Case Number:

3:23-cv-03416

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Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Copyright

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Araceli Martinez-Olguin

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  1. April 03, 2025

    JPML Steers Pretrial Matters In OpenAI Copyright Fight To NY

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday decided to centralize the pretrial work for a series of copyright infringement and Digital Millennium Copyright Act lawsuits against OpenAI in New York federal court.

  2. February 13, 2024

    OpenAI Gets Author Copyright Claims Trimmed — For Now

    A California federal judge dismissed the bulk of two proposed copyright class actions against ChatGPT creator OpenAI Inc. while giving two putative classes led by comedian Sarah Sliverman and author Paul G. Tremblay a chance to cure deficiencies in their pleadings in some instances.

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  4. December 07, 2023

    Sarah Silverman's OpenAI Suit Faces Specter Of Meta Setback

    A California federal judge Thursday asked counsel for Sarah Silverman and other authors to explain why she shouldn't trim secondary claims from their copyright infringement suit over OpenAI's artificial intelligence product, pointing to the "short and sweet" opinion of another federal judge tossing similar claims against Meta.

  5. September 28, 2023

    ​​​​​​​Sarah Silverman Says OpenAI Can't 'Unilaterally Rewrite' Law

    Comedian and author Sarah Silverman and three others urged a California federal judge Thursday to keep intact proposed class claims alleging OpenAI ripped off their copyrights, arguing that the Copyright Act serves the public interest by granting rights to authors and OpenAI is trying to "unilaterally rewrite U.S. copyright law in its favor."

  6. August 29, 2023

    OpenAI Tries To Sink 'Defective' Claims In Copyright Suit

    Artificial intelligence company OpenAI Inc. has asked a California federal court to toss most of the claims in a proposed class action over copyright infringement brought by stand-up comedian and author Sarah Silverman and two other authors, arguing their claims are "defective."

  7. July 10, 2023

    Sarah Silverman Brings Copyright Suits Against OpenAI, Meta

    Stand-up comedian Sarah Silverman and a duo of authors have slapped artificial intelligence makers OpenAI and Meta Platforms with copyright suits in California federal court over their AI products ChatGPT and LLaMA, respectively, adding to a flurry of recent infringement litigation over AI's use of protected works.

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