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Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI: Top Execs Knew Their Mass Book Piracy Was Illegal And Would Put Authors Out of Work

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September 27, 2026

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Press Releases Added to last week’s revelations, new filings reveal OpenAI's lawless determination to do virtually anything to win the AI arms race, including using books from a “sketchy Russian website” and releasing products “that will make people unemployed” September 21, 2026 (New York, September 21, 2026) Explosive new documents released last Thursday in Authors Guild v. OpenAI—the major book...

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