Microsoft Faces Lawsuit for Alleged Willful Copyright Infringement in Copilot and ChatGPT

Written by legalpdf | Published 2024/08/15
Tech Story Tags: ai-copyright-infringement | cir-v.-openai | ai-plagiarism | ai-training-data | openai-copyright-lawsuit | openai-dmca-violation | ai-ethics | ai-and-ip

TLDRCount II of the lawsuit accuses Microsoft of willful copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 501. The plaintiff alleges that Microsoft downloaded, encoded, and reproduced copyrighted works verbatim or nearly verbatim, and also abridged these works in response to Copilot and ChatGPT prompts.via the TL;DR App

The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc. v. OpenAI Court Filing, retrieved on June 27, 2024, is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series. You can jump to any part in this filing here. This part is 12 of 18.

Count II: Violation of 17 U.S.C. § 501 by Defendant Microsoft

124. The above paragraphs are incorporated by reference into this Count.

125. Plaintiff owns the exclusive rights to the Registered Works under 17 U.S.C. § 106.

126. Upon information and belief, Defendant Microsoft infringed Plaintiff’s exclusive rights in the Registered Works by downloading those works from the internet.

127. Upon information and belief, Defendant Microsoft infringed Plaintiff’s exclusive rights in the Registered Works by encoding the Registered Works in computer memory.

128. Upon information and belief, Defendant Microsoft infringed Plaintiff’s exclusive rights in the Registered Works by regurgitating those works verbatim or nearly verbatim in response to prompts by Copilot users.

129. Upon information and belief, Defendant Microsoft infringed Plaintiff’s exclusive rights in the Registered Works by producing significant amounts of material from those works in response to prompts by ChatGPT users.

130. Defendant Microsoft infringed Plaintiff’s exclusive rights in the Registered Works by abridging those works in response to prompts by Copilot users.

131. Upon information and belief, Defendant Microsoft’s infringements were willful and with full knowledge of Plaintiff’s rights in the Registered Works.

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