@ai_and_law · Post #459 · 06/12/2024 08:04
Canadian News Companies Take OpenAI to Court A coalition of Canadian news organizations has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging violations of copyright law, circumvention of technological protections, and breaches of website Terms of Use. The plaintiffs argue that OpenAI unlawfully accessed their content for commercial purposes, disregarding explicit restrictions designed to safeguard intellectual property. Key legal claims include: ✅ Copyright infringement under Canada’s Copyright Act; ✅ Circumventing access controls like robots.txt and subscription restrictions; ✅ Systematic breaches of website Terms of Use, which prohibit commercial exploitation of protected content; ✅ Unjust enrichment through the use of data in for-profit AI models. By emphasizing breaches of technological measures and contractual Terms of Use, this case potentially sidesteps contentious debates about fair use or large language model training, offering a fresh legal framework to challenge data scraping practices. #AI#Copyright#DataScraping#OpenAI