On Sept. 19, The Authors Guild, alongside well-known writers like George R.R. Martin, Jodi Picoult, and John Grisham, filed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI over allegations that its product, ChatGPT, illegally made use of their copyrighted works. This lawsuit comes in the wake of a series of similar legal actions aimed at other technology giants, such as Microsoft, Google, and Meta. Undoubtedly, the growing and widespread use of generative artificial intelligence technology (AI) brings with it an assortment of novel legal issues, affecting businesses and people alike.