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Canadian news publishers including CBC and the Globe sue OpenAI for copyright breach

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Source: The Globe and Mail (media release for the plaintiffs)Also reported by Al Jazeera

Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC/Radio-Canada sued OpenAI on 29 November 2024 in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice. They allege OpenAI copied their journalism to build products such as ChatGPT, breaching copyright and their websites’ terms of use, and they seek damages and a permanent injunction.

Why it matters

Canada’s largest news organisations put the question of training AI on news content before a Canadian court, alongside similar suits in the United States.

When
29 Nov 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0191
Where
Canada
Who
OpenAI, Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, CBC/Radio-Canada
Authority
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Target
OpenAI
Action
civil suit
Status
open · Enforcement ledger

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from The Globe and Mail and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at The Globe and Mail

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Earlier in this Storyline: What led hereNew York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement

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WTA-N-2024-0191: “Canadian news publishers including CBC and the Globe sue OpenAI for copyright breach.” wheresthe.ai, 29 Nov 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/ca-news-publishers-sue-openai-2024-11/ (source: The Globe and Mail (media release for the plaintiffs)).

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