Authors Guild v. OpenAI Inc.
Summary
Authors Guild sues OpenAI for allegedly training ChatGPT on millions of copyrighted books without permission.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Prior 28P · 11D · 41N (151 articles)→Recent 30d 1P · 0D · 0N (2 articles)
Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet.
Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter
68 plaintiff-favorable · 15 defendant-favorable · 70 neutral articles
The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 29 plaintiff · 11 defendant · 41 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.
- OpenAI Used Pirated Books for AI Training Despite Knowing Illegality, Court Filings Reveal Executive Statementsfinance.biggo.com · 2026-09-28
- Court documents revealed that OpenAI was aware that using illegally pirated books for AI training was dangerous and threatened the livelihoods of authors.GIGAZINE · 2026-09-28
- Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement rulingNPR · 2026-07-27
- George R.R. Martin OpenAI Lawsuit: 2026 UpdateLawFold.com · 2026-07-04
- The Justice Department Sided With OpenAI Against The New York TimesStartup Fortune · 2026-09-03
- COPYRIGHT—S.D.N.Y.: OpenAI did not waive attorney-client privilege, magistrate judge’s discovery order vacatedVitalLaw.com · 2026-02-09
- The Missing Fair Use Argument in the Copyright Battle Over AI SummariesTech Policy Press · 2026-02-04
- OpenAI asks federal judge to toss authors’ ChatGPT output copyright claimsCourthouse News · 2025-10-08
Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time
Counsel of record
- Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLPDaniel T Nguyen, Emily Lu Wang, Kelly Hernandez +3 more
- Morrison & Foerster LLPMaria Fernanda Rodriguez Torres, Vishakha Joshi, Yue Li
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLPMegan Bannigan
- Morrison FoersterSara Talebian
- Orrick Herrington & SutcliffeAna M. Mendez-Villamil
- Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPCatherine Lui
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPVanessa Sorrentino
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (San Francisco)Robert Scott Shwarts
- Orrick, Herrington, & SutcliffeHilda Obeng
- Paul Weiss (NY)Gerardo Gomez Galvis
- Boies Schiller Flexner LLPMaxwell V. Pritt
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiEric K Nikolaides
- CohenMalad, LLPIan R. Bensberg
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- Docket no.
- 1:23-cv-08292
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- Sidney H. Stein
- Filed
- 2023-09-19
- Last filing
- 2026-10-19
Cause
17:501 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Wo & Shade LLC (plaintiff) Sylvia Day LLC (plaintiff) Hieronymus, Inc. (plaintiff) Gattopardo, LLC (plaintiff) OpenAI Group PBC (defendant) United States of America (interested party) JACQUELINE WOODSON (third party plaintiff) AYELET WALDMAN (third party plaintiff) RACHEL LOUISE SNYDER (third party plaintiff) LIPPMAN LAURA (third party plaintiff) MATTHEW KLAM (third party plaintiff) DAVID HENRY HWANG (third party plaintiff) ANDREW SEAN GREER (third party plaintiff) JUNOT DAZ (third party plaintiff) TA-NEHISI COATES (third party plaintiff) MICHAEL CHABON (third party plaintiff) Penguin Random House LLC (interested party) Macmillan Holdings, LLC, (interested party) HarperCollins Publishers LLC (interested party) Hachette Book Group, Inc (interested party)