A German court ruled thatย OpenAIโsย ChatGPT violatedย the nationโsย copyright laws by training its language models on licensed musical worksย withoutย permission, multiple news outlets, includingย The Guardian, reported.ย ย
The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit that GEMA, a German collective that manages music rights in Germany, filed last November against OpenAI.ย The companyย was ordered to pay an undisclosed amount in damages to GEMA butย said it disagreed with the ruling and was โconsidering next steps.โย GEMA, meanwhile, regarded this as the โfirst landmark AI ruling in Europe.โย ย
โToday, we have set a precedent that protects and clarifies the rights of authors: even operators of AI tools such as ChatGPT must comply with copyright law,โ GEMA chief executive Tobias Holzmรผller said, as The Guardian reported. โToday, we have successfully defended the livelihoods of music creators.โย
OpenAI is being sued by other creatives and media groups over the same issue.ย ย
