Published on : 17 Nov 2025, 12:09 pm 3 min read

The Munich Regional Court I (Landgericht München I) recently held that ChatGPT infringed copyright by allowing the memorisation of song lyrics within its large language models (LLMs) and subsequently reproducing those works in the chatbot's outputs. ( Gema v. OpenAI)

The decision addresses liability concerning both the training processes and the generated outputs of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). The court largely ruled in favour of GEMA, a music rights organisation, concerning nine German song lyrics.

The judgment was handed down by the 42nd Civil Chamber, presided over by Judge Elke Schwager.

The lawsuit, filed against two entities of the OpenAI group (one based in Ireland, the other in the USA), centred on the unaut

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