Overview

• At Landgericht München I, the presiding judge issued a provisional view largely aligning with GEMA’s claims of lyric reproduction, with proceedings ongoing and no ruling yet.
• The case targets nine song texts, including “Atemlos,” “Bochum,” “Männer,” “Über den Wolken,” and “In der Weihnachtsbäckerei.”
• GEMA alleges OpenAI and its European arm used protected lyrics to train systems and reproduced them without licenses or payment to rights holders.
• OpenAI argues its models do not memorize works, asserting outputs reflect learned patterns and may appear with slight variations.
• The court discussed a dispute value of about €600,000 and raised the possibility of a referral to the Court of Justice of the EU.