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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