| As OpenAI Is Sued by
Fiction Writers Microsoft Gets
Added to January Briefing in SDNY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Nov 29–
Fiction writers and the
Authors Guild have sued OpenAI
and on November 29 the intial
pre-trial conference was held
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Sidney H. Stein.
Inner City Press was there, thread:
Judge Stein: So I
got a letter that the
plaintiffs intend to file an
amended complaint to add
Microsoft?
Plaintiffs'
counsel: Yes, Your Honor.
Judge: File that by Monday...
Plaintiffs'
lawyer: This is a tight class
action, filed here in the
center of publishing by
professional fiction
writers. [From caption:
Christina Baker Kline, David
Baldacci, George
Saunders, John Grisham
Jonathan Franzen, Michael
Connelly, Scott
Turow
OpenAI lawyer:
We're not talking about anyone
getting copies of Mr.
Baldacci's books about of
ChatGPT. To the extent there
were reproduction is was for a
non-infringing reason:
learning and training.
Judge: Let me set
a date to move to dismiss or
answer - it will be January
12, to give Microsoft time.
Last day for plaintiff to
response, January 26. Reply,
February 2.
I want the
parties to submit to me, by
January 12, their positions on
whether fair use should come
first, or class
certification. Let's
leave it at that. Adjourned.
More on Substack
here
The case is
Authors Guild et al v. OpenAI
Inc. et al., 23-cv-8292
(Stein)
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