1 verified, source-linked AI implementation documented in 2026.
Coalition of nearly 400 local and regional U.S. newspapers filed a copyright and DMCA lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft (U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, June 24, 2026), alleging systematic scraping of at least 6 million articles dating to the early 2000s to train ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot — bypassing paywalls and robots.txt and stripping copyright-management information. The largest collective action by U.S. news publishers against AI developers to date.
Local Press Copyright Alliance (LPCA) is one of 182 organizations in United States documented in the index, which holds 363 cases from the country. Its work spans 1 function type, including Litigation & IP Rights, documented across 19 organizations worldwide.