@ai_and_law · Post #788 · 19.03.2026 г., 08:04
🇺🇸⚖️Britannica and Merriam-Webster Sue OpenAI Over Copyright and Trademark Claims Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging “massive copyright infringement.” The publishers claim that nearly 100,000 copyrighted articles were scraped and used to train OpenAI’s large language models without permission. The complaint also alleges that OpenAI reproduces full or partial verbatim excerpts of their content in outputs and uses their materials within ChatGPT’s retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) processes. The lawsuit further claims violations of the Lanham Act, arguing that OpenAI attributes hallucinated or fabricated content to Britannica, potentially misleading users. According to the filing, ChatGPT generates responses that directly compete with publishers’ content, reducing traffic and revenue while raising concerns about the reliability of online information. This case adds to a growing number of lawsuits against OpenAI, including claims brought by The New York Times and Ziff Davis, as well as multiple newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. A separate lawsuit filed by Britannica against Perplexity on similar grounds remains pending. #Copyright#AIRegulation#AIGovernance#IPLaw#GenerativeAI#Litigation#AIethics