A German court ruled thatOpenAI’sChatGPT violatedthe nation’scopyright laws by training its language models on licensed musical workwithoutpermission, multiple news outlets, includingThe Guardianreported.
The decisioncame from a lawsuit that GEMA, the society that handles music rights in Germany, filed last November against OpenAI.The companywas ordered to pay an undisclosed amount of damages to GEMA,butsaid it disagreed with the ruling and is “considering next steps.”GEMA, meanwhile, regarded this as the “first landmark AI ruling in Europe.”
“Today, 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,” GEMA chief executive TobiasHolzmüllersaid, as The Guardian reported. “Today, we have successfully defended the livelihoods of music creators.”
OpenAI is beingsued by other creatives and media groupsover the same issue.