<2> Metadata Company Gracenote Sues OpenAI for Copyright Infringement
<3> Gracenote, a metadata company owned by Nielsen, has become the latest plaintiff in a string of copyright infringement cases against AI companies. In a lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Gracenote alleges that OpenAI has improperly used its metadata and framework for connecting that information without permission or payment.
< class="link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/nielsen-gracenote-lawsuit-openai-copyright-infringement" target="_blank">According to Axios, Gracenote specializes in entertainment metadata, creating descriptions and identifiers for content that clients such as TV providers use to help their own customers with discovery. The company claims that OpenAI could have paid to license its valuable Gracenote Data or sought to train and ground its models only on information in the public domain, but instead chose to improperly copy and use Gracenote Data to create its own commercially valuable AI products.
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