OpenAI, Microsoft's summary judgment arguments fail, US news outlets say
( October 23, 2026, 13:40 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex summary: News outlets including the New York Times disputed the logic in recent summary judgment motions by OpenAI and Microsoft in pending copyright lawsuits in US District Court for the Southern District of New York, saying the motions should be denied. "According to Defendants, even copying that poses an 'existential threat' to the original content owner is 'fair use' so long as their technology is 'transformative,'" the plaintiffs wrote. "But transformativeness is merely one part of the first fair use factor, and Defendants misconstrue it by focusing on how their technology works rather than whether they used copies of Plaintiffs’ journalism for the same purpose as the original—delivering news to human readers." See file attached....
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