
3 Count: AI Hearing

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1: ‘The New York Times’ Takes OpenAI to Court. ChatGPT’s Future Could Be on the Line
First off today, Bobby Allyn at NPR reports that The New York Times and a group of news organizations had a court hearing in their case against OpenAI.
The publishers sued OpenAI, alleging copyright infringement in how OpenAI’s ChatGPT system was trained on copyright-protected news content. OpenAI argued that this was fair use and non-infringing.
OpenAI is asking the judge to dismiss the case. However, the publishers argued that their content was used to create a competing service, something that should not be protected under fair use.
2: M. Night Shyamalan Faces $81 Million Copyright Trial Over Apple TV+ Show ‘Servant’
Next up today, Gene Maddaus at Variety reports that a trial involving director M. Night Shyamalan and Apple TV+ began yesterday, with the plaintiff seeking $81 million in damages.
The lawsuit was filed by Francesca Gregorini, an Italian-born director who claims that the Shaymalan series Servant infringes on her 2013 film The Truth About Emanuel.
Attorneys for Gregorini argued that the two works shared many key overlaps and that Servant would not exist without her work. On the other hand, Shyamalan’s attorneys argued that work had begun on the series before The Truth About Emanuel was released and that nothing was copied from the film.
3: Orphan Members Suing Members of Peelingflesh Over Copyright Infringement
Finally today, Lambgoat reports that members of the band Orphan are suing their former bandmates over allegations of copyright infringement.
Jacob and Josua Mathes, who currently perform under the name Orphan, filed the lawsuit. They are suing Mychel Soto and Joe Pelletier, members of Peelingflesh, and the music distributor CDBaby.
The four men were members of the band Strangled before they broke up. Since then, the band’s catalog has been made available and unavailable repeatedly on streaming services, most likely due to rights disputes.
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