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

Summary

• The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed OpenAI's appeal, allowing a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers to proceed in Ontario.
• A coalition of outlets including The Canadian Press, Torstar, The Globe and Mail, Postmedia, & CBC/Radio-Canada launched the lawsuit arguing OpenAI used their content to train ChatGPT without permission or compensation.
• OpenAI had previously challenged jurisdiction, arguing the case should be heard in a U.S. court, but the Ontario Superior Court ruled it had jurisdiction.
• This marks the first Canadian case to address the practice of using copyrighted content to train generative AI systems.
• The report was published by The Canadian Press on Nov. 13, 2026.