The Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc. v. OpenAI, Inc.

Center for Investigative Reporting sues OpenAI for copyright infringement over AI training on journalistic content.

Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.

Coverage vs realityPress: plaintiff

Coverage events: 3P · 0D · 1N (10 articles)

Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet.

Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter

4 plaintiff-favorable · 0 defendant-favorable · 6 neutral articles

The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 3 plaintiff · 0 defendant · 1 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.

Plaintiff-favorable

The Race to Stop AI’s Threats to DemocracyReveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting · 2026-07-15
The Race to Stop AI’s Threats to DemocracyReveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting · 2025-10-08
The Center for Investigative Reporting Sues OpenAI, Microsoft for Copyright ViolationsReveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting · 2024-06-27
OpenAI sued by Center for Investigative Reporting over AI plagiarismCourthouse News · 2024-06-27

Defendant-favorable

None classified yet.

Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time

Counsel of record

For the plaintiff

Loevy & LoevyShelley Geiszler
Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck PCSteven M Lieberman
Susman Godfrey LLPDavida Brook

For the defendant

Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLPDaniel T Nguyen, Emily Lu Wang, Kelly Hernandez +6 more
Lewis & Llewellyn LLPDaniel Jordan, Evangeline Zimmerman Burbidge
Orrick Herrington & SutcliffeAna M. Mendez-Villamil
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPVanessa Sorrentino
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (San Francisco)Robert Scott Shwarts
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiEric K Nikolaides
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPBrianna Silverstein
Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLPMichael S. Kwun

Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Docket no.: 1:24-cv-04872
Nature of suit: Copyright
Judge: Sidney H. Stein
Filed: 2024-06-27
Last filing: 2026-09-06

Cause

17:1201 Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Entities in this case

OpenAI31 The Center for Investigative Reporting

Docket entries

2026-03-11
Set/Reset Hearings: Settlement Conference set for 3/13/2026 at 12:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang. Associated Cases: 1:25-md-03143-SHS-OTW et al.(rro)
2026-03-10
Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang: Status Conference held on 3/10/2026. Associated Cases: 1:25-md-03143-SHS-OTW et al.(Quinn, Diane)
2026-03-03
No description on file
2026-02-11
Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang: Status Conference held on 2/11/2026. Associated Cases: 1:25-md-03143-SHS-OTW et al.(Quinn, Diane)
2026-01-16
No description on file
2026-01-06
No description on file
2025-10-29
Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang: Discovery Hearing held on 10/29/2025. Associated Cases: 1:25-md-03143-SHS-OTW et al.(Quinn, Diane)
2025-10-21
No description on file
2025-10-21
>>>NOTICE REGARDING PRO HAC VICE MOTION. Regarding Document No. (597 in 1:25-cv-03482-SHS-OTW, 667 in 1:25-md-03143-SHS-OTW, 481 in 1:24-cv-03285-SHS-OTW, 693 in 1:23-cv-08292-SHS-OTW, 203 in 1:25-cv-03297-SHS-OTW, 944 in 1:23-cv-11195-SHS-OTW, 385 in 1:24-cv-04872-SHS-OTW, 201 in 1:25-cv-04315-SHS-OTW, 289 in 1:24-cv-01515-SHS-OTW, 263 in 1:24-cv-01514-SHS-OTW) MOTION for Connor J. Madden to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number NYSDC-31870472. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff.. The document has been reviewed and there are no deficiencies. Filed In Associated Cases: 1:25-md-03143-SHS-OTW et al.(rju)
2025-07-24
No description on file
2025-06-09
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2025-06-04
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2025-02-04
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2024-10-24
No description on file
2024-09-05
No description on file
2024-08-29
>>>NOTICE REGARDING PRO HAC VICE MOTION. Regarding Document No. 30 MOTION for Robert Van Nest, Jr. to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-29820692. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff.. The document has been reviewed and there are no deficiencies. (bc)
2024-08-02
>>>NOTICE REGARDING PRO HAC VICE MOTION. Regarding Document No. 21 MOTION for Thomas Kayes to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-29696482. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff.. The document has been reviewed and there are no deficiencies. (rju)
2024-07-01
Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang is designated to handle matters that may be referred in this case. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/AO-3.pdf. (tro)
2024-06-28
CASE REFERRED TO Judge Sidney H. Stein as possibly related to 23-cv-11195. (jgo)
2024-06-28
Case Designated ECF. (jgo)

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