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WME files amicus brief backing New York Times in OpenAI copyright case, arguing AI training needs licences

30 ott 2026 · Raccolto automaticamente da fonti pubbliche. Non revisionato da una persona.

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What happened

Talent agency WME filed an amicus brief supporting The New York Times in its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, Page Six reported on 3 November 2026. The filing came on the Friday night before the report, i.e. 30 October 2026, and followed similar briefs from CAA, the Cate Blanchett-backed Human Consent Foundation, and the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild unions.

What WME argued

WME said OpenAI's position — that it should be able to use whatever material it wants to train its AI systems — "doesn't hold legal water", despite OpenAI's assertion that the use is fair use. WME argued a licensing market for creative material already exists: OpenAI itself has cut licensing deals with News Corp and Disney covering their content and IP.

WME has been active on AI regulation, lobbying for the NO FAKES Act, a Senate bill seeking to protect people from unauthorised uses of their likeness by generative AI, and publicly opposing OpenAI's Sora.

Case status

The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft in December 2023, alleging they fed its journalism into ChatGPT without paying for it. The Times filed for summary judgment in September 2026; Page Six reported reply briefs were due the Friday after its report, after which the judge would rule or send the case to trial.

Why it matters

WME's brief is a separate filing from the Human Consent Foundation/CAA brief already covered in this collection. It shows a second major Hollywood agency breaking with OpenAI's fair-use defence and arguing licensing, not blanket permission, is the model — a position that, if the court adopts it, would bear directly on how AI companies pay for the creative work they train on.

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