--- title: News outlets ask judge to sanction OpenAI in copyright case description: A coalition of news publishers including the New York Times and Daily News has asked a federal judge to sanction OpenAI, alleging the company concealed... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/news-outlets-ask-judge-to-sanction-openai-in-copyright-case-gddcthoev twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: News outlets ask judge to sanction OpenAI in copyright case | daily.dev og:description: A coalition of news publishers including the New York Times and Daily News has asked a federal judge to sanction OpenAI, alleging the company concealed... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/news-outlets-ask-judge-to-sanction-openai-in-copyright-case-gddcthoev og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GDdCThoeV.png og:image:alt: News outlets ask judge to sanction OpenAI in copyright case og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # News outlets ask judge to sanction OpenAI in copyright case **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A coalition of news publishers including the New York Times and Daily News has asked a federal judge to sanction OpenAI, alleging the company concealed training datasets and ChatGPT logs central to their copyright lawsuit. Publishers accuse OpenAI of 'discovery misconduct' and claim a recent deposition contradicts the company's earlier statements. The case centers on whether training AI on copyrighted journalism constitutes fair use or unfair competition. The NYT alone has spent over $28m in AI-related litigation. A sanctions ruling would not resolve the copyright question but could give publishers significant legal leverage. The broader industry remains split between suing AI firms and signing licensing deals with them. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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