A German court has ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated the country’s copyright laws by training a language model based on licensed musical works without permission, multiple news outlets, including The Guardian, reported.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by German music copyright organization GEMA against OpenAI last November. The company was ordered to pay undisclosed damages to GEMA, but it disagreed with the ruling and said it was “considering next steps.” Meanwhile, GEMA deemed it “Europe’s first groundbreaking AI ruling.”
As reported by the Guardian, GEMA CEO Tobias Holzmüller said: “Today we have set a precedent to protect and clarify the rights of authors. Even operators of AI tools such as ChatGPT must comply with copyright law.” “Today, we succeeded in protecting the livelihoods of music creators.”
OpenAI has also been sued by other creative and media groups over the same issue.
