Court allows news publishers' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to go ahead

News companies' lawsuit against OpenAI going ahead
News companies' lawsuit against OpenAI going ahead
Attendees gather at the OpenAI DevDay 2026 conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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The Ontario Court of Appeal is allowing a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI to proceed in that province after dismissing an appeal by the company.

A coalition of Canadian news outlets which includes The Canadian Press, Torstar, The Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada launched the lawsuit a year ago.

They argue that OpenAI is using their news content to train ChatGPT, breaching copyright and profiting from the use of that content without permission or compensation.

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, put forward a jurisdictional challenge and argued the case should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead, but the Ontario Superior Court of Justice concluded the court does have jurisdiction to hear the case.

OpenAI appealed the decision and the court dismissed that appeal today.

The lawsuit is the first Canadian case to address the practice of using copyrighted content to train generative AI systems.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 13, 2026. 

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