Mother Jones explains its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI ahead of key Sept 4 court deadline
motherjonesmag · reddit · 2026-09-04
- Mother Jones is suing OpenAI over copyright: early OpenAI data disclosures listed tens of thousands of its stories in training datasets, with no permission or licensing fees paid.
- The lawsuit has run for two years; September 4 is a crucial deadline, with both sides asking the court to decide the case before trial.
- The magazine notes OpenAI is preparing for an IPO that could value it near $1 trillion, and argues the case matters for all creators whose work was ingested, not just journalism.
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