Overview

• At the opening hearing, presiding judge Elke Schwager indicated she leans toward GEMA on key points, including likely memorization and reproduction of lyrics.
• The dispute covers the texts of nine songs such as “Atemlos,” “Bochum,” “Männer,” “Über den Wolken,” and “In der Weihnachtsbäckerei,” with a dispute value of about €600,000.
• Proceedings were adjourned to November 11, when the court plans to issue a decision or consider steps such as referring questions to the European Court of Justice.
• OpenAI rejects GEMA’s claims, argues its models do not memorize training data, and says newer ChatGPT versions no longer output the contested lyrics.
• GEMA frames the case as safeguarding creators’ compensation and says the hearing underscored the copyright relevance of AI training and outputs.