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GEMA v OpenAI

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Case Information
Case name GEMA v. OpenAI[1]
Court Munich Regional Court I, 42nd Civil Chamber[1]
Docket 42 O 14139/24[1]
Filed Not identified in the sources reviewed.
Judge(s) Not identified in the sources reviewed.
Plaintiffs GEMA[1]
Defendants Two OpenAI group companies[1]
Case type Civil copyright proceeding[1]
Claims / issues Copyright in lyrics; model memorization and chatbot outputs[1]
Status November 11, 2025: first-instance judgment substantially grants copyright relief; the court stated that it was not final. Later appellate status not verified.[1]

GEMA v. OpenAI concerns memorization and reproduction of song lyrics by OpenAI language models and ChatGPT.[1]

Claims and procedural history

The court substantially granted injunctive, information and damages claims concerning nine lyrics, finding infringement through model memorization and outputs. It rejected the asserted text-and-data-mining justification on those facts.[1]

Claims concerning personality rights and incorrect attribution of altered lyrics were dismissed. The court’s announcement expressly described the judgment as not legally final.[1]

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