A German court ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated the country’s copyright laws by training its language model on a licensed musical work without permission, including several news outlets. The Guardian reported.
The decision comes from a lawsuit that GEMA, the organization that handles music rights in Germany, filed against OpenAI last November. The company was ordered to pay an undisclosed compensation amount to GEMA, but said it disagrees with the decision and is “considering next steps.” Meanwhile, GEMA hailed it as “the first historic AI ruling in Europe.”
“Today, we have set a precedent that protects and clarifies the rights of authors: even operators of AI tools like ChatGPT must comply with copyright law,” said Tobias Holzmüller, chief executive of GEMA, as reported by The Guardian. “Today, we have successfully protected the livelihoods of music creators.”
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