The judge used an analogy to a video game company to explain her decision.
The New York Times sued OpenAI in December, arguing that the company used its articles without permission to train ChatGPT.
She then offered an analogy to explain her decision, comparing OpenAI to a video game manufacturer and the Times to a copyright holder.
If a copyright holder sued a video game manufacturer for copyright infringement, the copyright holder might be required to produce documents relating to their interactions with that video game manufacturer, but the video game manufacturer would not be entitled to wide-ranging discovery concerning the copyright holder's employees' gaming history, statements about video games generally, or even their licensing of different content to other video game Manufacturers.
The case is one among dozens of copyright cases filed against OpenAI, including by media organizations like the New York Daily News, the Denver Post, and The Intercept.
Persons:
OpenAI, Ona T, Wang, Sarah Silverman, Silverman, Rob Lowe, that's, Axel Springer
Organizations:
Times, New York Times, OpenAI, New York Daily News, Denver Post, Raw, Business