A Munich court ruled that OpenAI violated German copyright laws by reproducing song lyrics from popular artists through its chatbot. GEMA, the music rights organization that filed the lawsuit, claims the lyrics were memorized and outputted by OpenAI's language models. OpenAI plans to appeal the decision.

Germany's Federal Supreme Court has reopened a case regarding whether ad blockers violate copyright laws, stemming from a lawsuit by Axel Springer against Eyeo, the creator of Adblock Plus. Mozilla has warned that a potential ban could not only affect ad blockers but also limit users' choices and functionalities of browser extensions.