German Music Body Sues OpenAI Alleging Copyright Breaches
- A German music rights body, GEMA, is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, claiming that its AI reproduced lyrics without permission, as heard in court on Monday.
- GEMA is representing lyricists of nine German songs and is seeking unspecified damages from OpenAI.
- The court stated it was "undisputed" that OpenAI's AI was trained with the lyrics of those songs.
- OpenAI contends that its large language models do not store or copy specific data but reflect what they have learned.
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Munich. A German music copyright management organisation denounced OpenAI for copyright-related offences, claiming that the U.S. giant artificial intelligence system (IA) reproduces songs of several artists without permission, a court reported yesterday.
The German collecting society Gema is taking action in front of a Munich court with the American tech giant OpenAI. The process is about no less than the future of culture in the age of artificial intelligence.
On Monday, the German court considered a complaint against the American group OpenAI, accused of unauthorised reproduction of lyrics of songs protected by copyright. ...

German music body sues OpenAI alleging copyright breaches
A German music rights body is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, claiming the US tech giant's AI systems reproduced several artists' lyrics without permission, a court heard Monday.
The collecting society complains about the use of lyrics by AI. Right at the beginning of the trial, the court makes a preliminary assessment that OpenAI cannot please.
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