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Newspaper group sues Microsoft and OpenAI over AI training on its articles

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Source: US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (complaint)Also reported by ChatGPT Is Eating the World

Boone Newsmedia, an Alabama newspaper company, filed a complaint for damages on 30 October 2026 in the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi against Microsoft and OpenAI. It alleges copyright infringement and violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, saying the defendants copied tens of thousands of its articles, including paywalled content, to train ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. The complaint seeks preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and damages.

Why it matters

The complaint treats scraping paywalled articles and stripping copyright information as infringement, asking for an injunction and damages from Microsoft and OpenAI.

When
30 Oct 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0687
Where
United States, Mississippi
Who
Boone Newsmedia, Microsoft, OpenAI
Authority
US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (suit by Boone Newsmedia)
Target
Microsoft and OpenAI
Action
copyright infringement and DMCA complaint over training ChatGPT and Copilot on tens of thousands of its articles
Status
complaint filed 30 Oct 2026; injunctions and damages sought · Enforcement ledger

Summary written with AI by wheresthe.ai, from US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (complaint) and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 4 Nov 2026.

Read the original at US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (complaint)

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WTA-N-2026-0687: “Newspaper group sues Microsoft and OpenAI over AI training on its articles.” wheresthe.ai, 30 Oct 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-ms-boone-newsmedia-sues-microsoft-and-openai-over-ai-training-2026-10/ (source: US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (complaint)).

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