# Irving Azoff’s Music Artists Coalition joins Cate Blanchett and CAA on AI licensing brief in New York Times’ case against OpenAI

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/irving-azoffs-music-artists-coalition-joins-cate-blanchett-and-caa-on-ai-licensing-brief-in-new-york-times-case-against-openai/
- Published: 2026-11-02T14:26:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T01:27:45+00:00
- Original publisher: Music Business Worldwide
- Original article: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/irving-azoffs-music-artists-coalition-joins-cate-blanchett-and-caa-on-ai-licensing-brief-in-new-york-times-case-against-openai/
- Topics: AI, Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music, Technology

## Key points

- Music Artists Coalition joined a brief on AI licensing in the Times case.
- Nine music groups separately argue the training should not count as fair use.
- The ruling could affect other copyright cases against AI firms.

## Summary

Irving Azoff’s Music Artists Coalition has joined a proposed court brief with the Human Consent Foundation, co-founded by Cate Blanchett, CAA and other creative-industry figures in the New York Times’ copyright case against OpenAI and Microsoft. The group is asking to address whether creative rights can be identified, cleared and licensed for AI training at scale, a question that could shape how AI companies use copyrighted work.

The filing does not take a position on the case’s outcome, but argues that established licensing systems can handle works with dispersed ownership. Separately, nine music organisations, including the RIAA, NMPA, ASCAP and BMI, filed a brief supporting the Times’ side and urging the court to find that training on the plaintiffs’ works is not fair use. A decision for OpenAI and Microsoft could influence other copyright cases brought by music companies and creators, including lawsuits involving Suno, Udio and Anthropic.

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