According to a Munich court, ChatGPS creator OpenAI violated Germany’s national copyright laws.
German music rights group GEMA filed a lawsuit against OpenAI last November claiming the AI company illegally trained its AI models on popular music without the consent of rights holders.
A German court this week ruled in favor GEMA ordered OpenAI to pay an undisclosed amount in damages.
OpenAI said in a statement, “We disagree with the decision and are considering next steps,” indicating they may appeal the decision. “This decision is for a limited number of songs and will have no impact on the millions of people, businesses and developers in Germany who use our technology every day.”
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Despite OpenAI’s statement, it is clear that the AI company as well as many of its competitors have ongoing issues related to AI training and copyright infringement. new York TimesZiff Davis, parent company of The Intercept and Mashable, are all currently Suing OpenAIFor example, alleging that the ChatGept creator trained its AI model on its respective content without permission.
Anthropic, the company behind AI chatbot cloud, agreed to a huge payout $1.5 billion agreement on September As a result of a class action lawsuit filed by authors who alleged that its AI models were trained on pirated books.
GEMA described its win as “the first historic AI ruling in Europe”.
“The Internet is not a self-service store and human creative achievements are not free templates,” GEMA chief executive Tobias Holzmüller said in a statement. “Today, we have set a precedent that protects and clarifies the rights of authors: even operators of AI tools like ChatGPT must follow copyright law. Today, we have successfully defended the livelihoods of music creators.”