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OpenAI faces €250,000 fine per infringement in German copyright case

By Frank Hersey ( November 12, 2025, 18:52 GMT | Insight) -- OpenAI must get rightsholders’ permission for its models to keep reproducing or outputting copyrighted works whether in whole or in part, or face fines of up to €250,000 per infringement — or even prison time — according to a ruling by a German court that found in favor of rights holders.OpenAI, the developer of the ChatGPT chatbot, could be fined up to €250,000 ($290,000) each time it allows its AI models to output without permission a collection of songs involved in litigation brought by GEMA, a music rights society in Germany....

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