Federal Court Permits Key Copyright Infringement Claims Against Microsoft and OpenAI to Advance

In a notable development for the tech and legal sectors, a New York federal judge has allowed significant copyright infringement claims against Microsoft and OpenAI to proceed. The allegations, brought forward by various news organizations, accuse the companies of using their content improperly to train generative artificial intelligence models. While the court decided to maintain the direct and contributory copyright infringement claims, it dismissed certain claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Importantly, the plaintiffs have been given the opportunity to rework these particular allegations.