N.Y. Plaintiffs Oppose Calif. Plaintiffs’ Intervention in OpenAI/Microsoft Suits

Plaintiffs in the two consolidated copyright infringement cases against Microsoft and OpenAI in the Southern District of New York oppose a motion by plaintiffs in the first-filed copyright infringement suit against OpenAI in the Northern District of California to intervene and to dismiss the SDNY cases (see 2402140028), said their opposition Tuesday (dockets 1:23-cv-08292 and 1:23-cv-10211). The SDNY actions “have progressed quickly and efficiently,” said 29 author plaintiffs in their opposition. The pleadings are settled, discovery is underway and summary judgment “will be fully briefed this time next year,” it said. The proposed intervenors “seek to slow that progress -- or end it -- all so that they can exercise control over any case alleging copyright infringement against OpenAI,” it said. The proposed intervenors “are a different group of copyright owners” who filed a separate action against OpenAI in the Northern District of California, it said. Those 14 plaintiffs haven’t sued Microsoft, it said. “The class they seek to represent consists of all owners of copyrights -- registered or unregistered -- whose content was used to train OpenAI’s models,” it said. Because no class has been certified in their case, the proposed intervenors, as of today, “represent only themselves,” it said.