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Penguin Random House Sues OpenAI Over 'Drache Kokosnuss'

Penguin Random House’s German publishing group has filed a lawsuit at the Landgericht München (Munich Regional Court) against OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT infringes the copyrights of author‑illustrator Ingo Siegner and the publisher’s exclusive rights to the Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss book series. The complaint says simple prompts can produce recognizably similar text and illustrations, that ChatGPT supplies print‑ready manuscript suggestions and publishing instructions, and that Siegner’s works were likely used unlawfully for model training and now appear as memorized content. The publisher claims these outputs constitute unauthorized reproduction and public communication, violating rights held by the author, illustrator and CBJ (an imprint). The article notes a prior partial legal win by Germany’s Gema against OpenAI (Nov 2025) and cites a wave of related suits from other publishers and rights holders in 2026.

Penguin Random House Sues OpenAI Over 'Dragon Kokosnuss'

Penguin Random House has filed a lawsuit at the Munich Regional Court against OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT infringes the copyrights of author-illustrator Ingo Siegner’s 'Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss' series. The publisher says ChatGPT can reproduce recognisable excerpts, generate illustrations closely resembling the dragon character, propose print-ready manuscripts with covers and blurbs, and provide step-by-step self-publishing instructions. Penguin Random House claims the works were improperly used to train OpenAI’s models and now appear memorized in outputs, violating the author’s and the publisher’s exclusive rights. The article references a prior partial court victory by German rights society Gema against OpenAI over song lyrics (November 2025) and notes an industry-wide wave of suits by publishers and music companies against AI firms.

Paramount Skydance Hires Jeff Silberman as SVP Strategy

Paramount Skydance has appointed Jeff Silberman, a former Boston Consulting Group partner, as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy. Silberman will report to Tony Driscoll, EVP and Head of Corporate Strategy & Development. The hire is part of a leadership build-out to execute CEO David Ellison’s post-merger transformation, which includes reorganizing the company into three divisions, targeting more than $2 billion in cost savings and planning deep workforce reductions (reports cite as many as 3,000 job cuts by early November). The article notes the newly merged company will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker PSKY.