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Cate Blanchett’s foundation and Hollywood groups file brief against OpenAI in NYT case
See how this story connectsThe Human Consent Foundation, Cate Blanchett’s nonprofit, filed a 31-page amicus brief on 30 October in the Southern District of New York in The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. CAA, the Music Artists Coalition, the National Association of Voice Actors and the Creators Coalition on Artificial Intelligence co-signed it. The brief disputes the companies’ argument that licensing copyrighted works for AI training is impossible or too costly, pointing to collective licensing bodies such as CISAC and BMI that already clear rights at scale.
Why it matters
The brief puts the creative industries’ licensing systems before the court as evidence against a fair use defence built on the cost of licensing training data.
- When
- 30 Oct 2026
- ID
WTA-N-2026-0599- Where
- United States
- Who
- Human Consent Foundation, OpenAI, Microsoft, The New York Times, CAA; Cate Blanchett
- Topics
- Copyright, Courts and liability
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WTA-N-2026-0599: “Cate Blanchett’s foundation and Hollywood groups file brief against OpenAI in NYT case.” wheresthe.ai, 30 Oct 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-human-consent-foundation-amicus-nyt-v-openai-2026-10/ (source: TheWrap).
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