{
  "id": 5360834,
  "title": "DOJ Sides With OpenAI Against the NY Times in High-Stakes Copyright Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/doj-sides-with-openai-against-the-ny-times-in-high-stakes-copyright",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-03T15:38:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/legal/2026/doj-sides-with-openai-against-the-ny-times-in-high-stakes-copyright-case/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Trump administration took a stance in a high-profile copyright lawsuit involving OpenAI and The New York Times. In a 20-page brief filed in Manhattan federal district court, the U.S. Department of Justice supported OpenAI against the Times. The DOJ emphasized the importance of maintaining U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence, arguing that integrating AI is vital for national security. The Times had sued OpenAI and Microsoft in December 2023, claiming the companies had scraped the paper's archives and used the copyrighted content to train their AI models without permission. This is one of at least 140 such cases filed by copyright owners against AI companies in the U.S. The DOJ argued that a fair decision in favor of OpenAI would prevent a monopoly in the LLM training market, which could stifle competition and disproportionately benefit established media outlets. The New York Times responded by accusing the administration of favoring large AI companies over American creators, asserting that such a decision would undermine the sustainability of human-created content essential for AI development.",
  "summary": "On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, where artificial intelligence governance and competition will be on the agenda, the Trump administration on Tuesday (Sept. 1) jumped into one of the highest profile lawsuits over the use of copyrighted material to train AI models. In a 20-page brief filed late Tuesday in […] The post DOJ Sides With OpenAI Against the NY Times in…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}