OpenAI argues Canadian news publishers' lawsuit should be heard in U.S.
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- OpenAI argues that a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers should be heard in the U.S. rather than Ontario.
- A coalition of Canadian news outlets, including The Canadian Press and CBC/Radio-Canada, is suing OpenAI for using their content to train ChatGPT without permission or compensation.
- OpenAI claims the Ontario court lacks jurisdiction as the company is headquartered in San Francisco and the alleged activities occurred outside Canada.
- The news publishers argue the case has a 'real and substantial connection' to Ontario, where most of their content is created and resides.
- The lawsuit is the first in Canada to address the use of copyrighted content for training generative AI systems.
- OpenAI accuses the publishers of politicizing the case by invoking themes like national sovereignty and journalism's importance.
- The case involves technical arguments about server locations and whether web crawling protocols violate copyright law.
- OpenAI notes that U.S. courts are also addressing the legality of using copyrighted works to train AI models, with no clear precedent yet.
- The publishers argue there is no risk of conflicting decisions between U.S. and Canadian courts on this novel legal issue.