( June 25, 2026, 03:07 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex summary: Owners and operators of hundreds of local and regional US news outlets sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court, accusing them of direct and vicarious copyright infringement in the development of Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT. "Using automated systems, Defendants systematically and secretly crawled the Publishers’ websites—including content behind paywalls and other access restrictions—and copied the Publishers’ articles, stories, and other original works onto their own servers without authorization," the complaint says.See complaint attached. ...
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