Times Publishing Company v. Microsoft Corporation
Summary
Major news publishers including We-Ha.com, SwimSwam, and The Jewish Link sued OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies illegally used their copyrighted articles to train AI language models without permission or compensation. The case centers on whether AI developers can scrape and learn from published news content protected by copyright law.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Coverage events: 2P · 0D · 1N (6 articles)
Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet.
Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter
5 plaintiff-favorable · 0 defendant-favorable · 1 neutral articles
The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 2 plaintiff · 0 defendant · 1 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.
- OpenAI-Microsoft Copyright Lawsuit: What ChangedNeoTeo · 2026-09-23
- Memphis Magazine Joins Landmark Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI and MicrosoftMemphis magazine · 2026-09-18
- Memphis Flyer Joins Landmark Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI and MicrosoftMemphis Flyer · 2026-09-18
- OpenAI, Microsoft copyright fights become a test of AI’s business modelCryptopolitan · 2026-09-17
None classified yet.
Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time
Counsel of record
- Platkin LLPMatthew J Platkin
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- Docket no.
- 1:26-cv-08082
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- Sidney H. Stein
- Filed
- 2026-09-16
- Last filing
- 2026-10-07
Cause
17:501 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
We-Ha.com LLC (plaintiff) Tucson Investigative Reporting Center Inc. (plaintiff) The Machias Valley News Observer, Inc. (plaintiff) The Jewish Link of Bergen County and Northern NJ, LLC (plaintiff) The Hudson Valley Local News Lab Inc. (plaintiff) The Calais Advertiser, Inc. (plaintiff) The Alternative Press, LLC (plaintiff) TAP IP, LLC (plaintiff) SwimSwam Partners, LLC (plaintiff) OpenAI Group PBC (defendant) OpenAI Foundation (defendant) OpenAI Holdings, LLC (defendant) OAI Corporation, LLC (defendant) OpenAI Global, LLC (defendant) OpenAI OpCo, LLC (defendant) OpenAI, LLC (defendant) OpenAI GP, LLC (defendant) OpenAI LP (defendant) OpenAI, Inc. (defendant) MICROSOFT CORPORATION (defendant)
Docket entries
- #52026-09-16
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Matthew J Platkin on behalf of Alternative Newsweekly Foundation, Austin Chronicle Corp., Boston Neighborhood News, Inc., Cape Gazette, Ltd., Chapman Hyperlocal Media, Inc., Conrad Communications, LLC, Contemporary Media, Inc., East Greenwich News, EcoRI Inc., Florida Trend Magazines, Inc., HD Media Company, LLC, Massachusetts Media Fund, Inc., New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism, Noisy Creek, Inc., Richland Times, LLC, San Francisco Jewish Community Publications, Inc., SwimSwam Partners, LLC, TAP IP, LLC, The Alternative Press, LLC, The Calais Advertiser, Inc., The Hudson Valley Local News Lab Inc., The Jewish Link of Bergen County and Northern NJ, LLC, The Machias Valley News Observer, Inc., Times Publishing Company, Tucson Investigative Reporting Center Inc., We-Ha.com LLC..(Platkin, Matthew) (Entered: 09/16/2026)
- #42026-09-16
AO 121 FORM COPYRIGHT - NOTICE OF SUBMISSION BY ATTORNEY. AO 121 Form Copyright for case opening submitted to court for review. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Ex. A - Times Publishing Company Copyright Registrations).(Platkin, Matthew) (Entered: 09/16/2026)
- #32026-09-16
STATEMENT OF RELATEDNESS re: that this action be filed as related to 25-md-3143. Document filed by Alternative Newsweekly Foundation, Austin Chronicle Corp., Boston Neighborhood News, Inc., Cape Gazette, Ltd., Chapman Hyperlocal Media, Inc., Conrad Communications, LLC, Contemporary Media, Inc., East Greenwich News, EcoRI Inc., Florida Trend Magazines, Inc., HD Media Company, LLC, Massachusetts Media Fund, Inc., New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism, Noisy Creek, Inc., Richland Times, LLC, San Francisco Jewish Community Publications, Inc., SwimSwam Partners, LLC, TAP IP, LLC, The Alternative Press, LLC, The Calais Advertiser, Inc., The Hudson Valley Local News Lab Inc., The Jewish Link of Bergen County and Northern NJ, LLC, The Machias Valley News Observer, Inc., Times Publishing Company, Tucson Investigative Reporting Center Inc., We-Ha.com LLC..(Platkin, Matthew) (Entered: 09/16/2026)
- #22026-09-16
CIVIL COVER SHEET filed..(Platkin, Matthew) (Entered: 09/16/2026)
- #12026-09-16
COMPLAINT against MICROSOFT CORPORATION, OAI Corporation, LLC, OpenAI Foundation, OpenAI GP, LLC, OpenAI Global, LLC, OpenAI Group PBC, OpenAI Holdings, LLC, OpenAI LP, OpenAI OpCo, LLC, OpenAI, Inc., OpenAI, LLC. (Filing Fee $ 405.00, Receipt Number ANYSDC-33448765)Document filed by Richland Times, LLC, Boston Neighborhood News, Inc., Times Publishing Company, Massachusetts Media Fund, Inc., HD Media Company, LLC, Florida Trend Magazines, Inc., Noisy Creek, Inc., TAP IP, LLC, Conrad Communications, LLC, Contemporary Media, Inc., San Francisco Jewish Community Publications, Inc., We-Ha.com LLC, EcoRI Inc., SwimSwam Partners, LLC, The Alternative Press, LLC, Austin Chronicle Corp., The Machias Valley News Observer, Inc., The Hudson Valley Local News Lab Inc., Chapman Hyperlocal Media, Inc., East Greenwich News, Tucson Investigative Reporting Center Inc., Cape Gazette, Ltd., The Calais Advertiser, Inc., The Jewish Link of Bergen County and Northern NJ, LLC, New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism, Alternative Newsweekly Foundation. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Ex. A - Times Publishing Company - Copyright Registrations, # 2 Exhibit Ex. B - C4 Token Count by Domain, # 3 Exhibit Ex. C - CMI Stripping Examples).(Platkin, Matthew) (Entered: 09/16/2026)
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