Yesterday the Munich Higher Regional Court told us that an appeal had been brought in GEMA v. OpenAI but did not specify the party. OpenAI had lost on almost all counts and made public statements tantamount to announcing an appeal. However, this first appeal was brought by GEMA over the small part it lost (personality rights), and we have corrected the article accord...

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• Last month, ai fray broke the news that the Landgericht München I (Munich I Regional Court) enjoined OpenAI from reproducing unlicensed German song lyrics and from storing the related data on any infrastructure located in Germany in a case brought by Gesellschaft für musikalisc...

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• In October, Meta announced a new policy prohibiting AI providers from using a tool allowing businesses to communicate with customers via WhatsApp when AI is the primary service offered (October 28, 2025 WhatsApp Bu...

Earlier today we broke the news on the GEMA v. OpenAI landmark copyright ruling by the Landgericht München I (Munich I Regional Court) and quoted the prevailing plaintiff’s chief lawyer ...

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• Different categories of right holders have brought dozens of copyright infringement lawsuits against AI providers, above all, OpenAI, though the biggest news so far has ...