Individual Action
Raw Story v. OpenAI
On AppealNot a class action
Raw Story Media, Inc. & AlterNet Media, Inc. v. OpenAI, Inc., et al.
Where it stands
After the district court dismissed the DMCA §1202(b) CMI-removal claims for lack of Article III standing, the publishers appealed and the Second Circuit heard oral argument on March 18, 2026.
Key ruling
Nov. 2024 — Judge Colleen McMahon dismissed the DMCA CMI claims for lack of Article III standing, a ruling now squarely before the Second Circuit.
What is not confirmed
The exact date of the district court's standing dismissal was not re-verified in this pass, and I found no reported Second Circuit decision as of August 2026.The record
- Court
- S.D.N.Y. (2d Cir. on appeal)
- Case number
- 1:24-cv-01514
- Filed
- 2024-02-28
- Defendants
- OpenAI, Inc. · OpenAI affiliated entities
- Plaintiffs
- Raw Story Media and AlterNet Media, two digital news publishers — corporate plaintiffs, not a class
- Technology at issue
- ChatGPT / GPT-series models
- Relief sought
- Statutory damages under the DMCA for removal of author, title and copyright notice from training data
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- 2d Circuit oral argument in Raw Story Media v. OpenAI (issue: Art. III standing for DMCA CMI claim) set for Mar. 18, 2026Chat GPT Is Eating the World · 2026-01-12
- Digital news outlets urge Second Circuit to revive ChatGPT copyright claimsCourthouse News Service · 2026-03-18
- AI Infringement Case Updates: November 23, 2024McKool Smith · 2024-11-23
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