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OpenAI’s data scraping wins big as Raw Story’s copyright lawsuit dismissed by NY court
The dismissal of Raw Story’s lawsuit is more than a win for OpenAI—it’s an indicator of how courts may handle similar copyright claims.
Let’s dive into what happened, why the judge dismissed the case, and what this means for the future of AI, copyright and the legality of tech companies to scrape content off the web without the creators’ express permission or compensation. The judge noted that “the likelihood that ChatGPT would output plagiarized content from one of Plaintiffs’ articles seems remote.” This reflects a key difficulty in these types of cases: generative AI is designed to synthesize information rather than replicate it verbatim. Licensing agreements like the ones OpenAI has struck with large news publishers such as Vogue and Wired owner Condé Nast could become a new standard, giving companies a way to legally use copyrighted content while compensating its creators.
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