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Magistrate Judge van Keulen denies Plaintiffs’ motion to “produce evidence sufficient to identify” Plaintiffs’ copyrighted works beyond the datasets already produced

In In re Google Generative AI Litigation, Magistrate Judge van Keulen denied the Plaintiffs’ motion to compel Google to “produce evidence sufficient to identify, or simply identify: (1) all Named Plaintiffs’ copyrighted works in the datasets … used by Google to train the Models, and (2) all class member copyrighted works used for that purpose.”…
Read more: Magistrate Judge van Keulen denies Plaintiffs’ motion to “produce evidence sufficient to identify” Plaintiffs’ copyrighted works beyond the datasets already produced
Runway seeks discovery from Sarah Andersen, Jingna Zhang from Google GenAI case

In Andersen v. Stability AI, Runway is asking Magistrate Judge Cisneros to order Plaintiffs Sarah Andersen and Jingna Zhang to produce discovery from another lawsuit in which they are involved, In re Google Generative AI Litigation. DOWNLOAD THE DISCOVERY LETTER
Read more: Runway seeks discovery from Sarah Andersen, Jingna Zhang from Google GenAI case
Elon Musk, Tesla assert fair use defense for alleged use of Blade Runner 2049 still

Things just got a bit more interesting in the Alcon Entertainment v. Tesla case. For the background to this copyright lawsuit, see our prior post: After 2 rounds of motions to dismiss and a Third Amended Complaint, Tesla and Elon Musk filed another motion to dismiss. As you can see from the Table of Contents,…
Read more: Elon Musk, Tesla assert fair use defense for alleged use of Blade Runner 2049 still
Magistrate Judge van Keulen issues order re: expert reports in Concord Music v. Anthropic

The Concord Music v. Anthropic is marching along. Magistrate Judge van Keulen just issued the order governing expert reports. All eyes will be on this case as it most likely will present the next opportunity for a judge to rule on fair use in AI training. Judge Lee presides.
Read more: Magistrate Judge van Keulen issues order re: expert reports in Concord Music v. Anthropic
Plaintiffs oppose OpenAI’s objection re: production of 20 million ChatGPT logs

OpenAI filed its Rule 72(a) objection to Magistrate Judge Wang’s order requiring it to produce 20 million ChatGPT logs by users (“de-identified”). Now the Class Plaintiffs and the News Plaintiffs have filed their oppositions. DOWNLOAD CLASS PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION DOWNLOAD NEWS PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION
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With fact discovery ending Feb. 27, 2026, OpenAI seeks stay of Ziff Davis lawsuit due to alleged delay

OpenAI is seeking a stay of the Ziff Davis lawsuit in the MDL Litigation. OpenAI alleges that Ziff Davis has fallen behind in discovery compared to the rest of the litigants. With fact discovery to close on Feb. 27, 2026, OpenAI thinks a stay is warranted. Excerpt from OpenAI’s brief: DOWNLOAD OPENAI’S MOTION TO STAY…
Read more: With fact discovery ending Feb. 27, 2026, OpenAI seeks stay of Ziff Davis lawsuit due to alleged delay
Judge Saylor grants amended Scheduling Order in Suno case. Dispositive motions due Aug. 14, 2026.

Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV granted the Joint MOTION to Amend the Amended Scheduling Order in UMG Recordings v. Suno. Part of the lawsuit involving Warner Music has already settled. That leaves Sony Music and UMG Recordings. AMENDED ORDERED DEADLINES Fact Discovery (except for RFAs) andDepositions completed by 3/6/26. RFA’s by 3/20/26. Remaining Discovery disputes…
Read more: Judge Saylor grants amended Scheduling Order in Suno case. Dispositive motions due Aug. 14, 2026.
Split decision: Magistrate Judge allows deposition of Anthropic CEO Amodei, but also allows Anthropic discovery into Concord Music’s investigation prompts

Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen issued two major rulings on discovery in the Concord Music v. Anthropic case. On balance, this is a huge victory for Anthropic. (1) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei must sit for 2.5 hours of deposition, potentially via Zoom. (2) But Anthropic gets discovery related to the prompts used on Anthropic’s Claude,…
Read more: Split decision: Magistrate Judge allows deposition of Anthropic CEO Amodei, but also allows Anthropic discovery into Concord Music’s investigation prompts
U.S. News & World Report, California Newspapers agree to stay lawsuits v. OpenAI, Microsoft

In response to Judge Stein’s order to show cause why their cases should not be stayed, both U.S. News & World Report and California Newspaper Partnership agreed to stay their lawsuits against Microsoft and OpenAI pending Judge Stein’s rulings on summary judgment in the MDL litigation.
Read more: U.S. News & World Report, California Newspapers agree to stay lawsuits v. OpenAI, Microsoft
Perplexity hires Keker, Van Nest firm for Reddit lawsuit

Perplexity added lawyers from Keker, Van Nest to represent it in the Reddit lawsuit in the Southern District of New York: ” Defendant Perplexity AI, Inc. (“Perplexity”) pursuant to Rule 1.4 of the Local Rules of the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, that Eric H. MacMichael, Sharif E. Jacob,…
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Judge Rochon sets Scheduling Order in Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI

The wheels of justice turn slowly. Judge Rochon set the scheduling order in Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI. Discovery won’t be completed until March 15, 2027! This Civil Case Management Plan (the “Plan”) is submitted by the parties in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f)(3). All parties do not consent to conducting all…
Read more: Judge Rochon sets Scheduling Order in Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI
Uncharted Labs moves to dismiss Woulard complaint

Uncharted Labs d/b/a Udio filed a motion to dismiss Woulard’s Complaint in the Northern District of Illinois for lack of personal jurisdiction. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD UDIO’S MOTION TO DISMISS
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Judge Davila sets Scheduling Order in Ted Entmt. v. NVIDIA

Judge Davila granted an extension to the Scheduling Order in Ted Entmt. v. NVIDIA, but a couple weeks shorter than sought by the parties:
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Complaint in Lyon v. Adobe Copyright suits hit 68 in U.S. v. AI.

As we close out 2025, the copyright lawsuits against AI companies continue unabated. We have now hit Copyright Lawsuit No. 68. It’s the 30th copyright lawsuit filed in 2025 against AI companies. LYON V. ADOBE Earlier this week, book author Elizabeth Lyon, who writes about how to get published, sued Adobe for training its slim…
Read more: Complaint in Lyon v. Adobe Copyright suits hit 68 in U.S. v. AI.
Judge Stein rejects Ziff Davis motion to amend to add DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Robots.txt does not qualify as access-control TPM

Judge Sidney Stein, who oversees the MDL Litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft, denied Ziff Davis’s (owner of Mashable and other web media) motion to add a DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Similar to Judge Stein’s earlier grant of OpenAI’s motion to dismiss, Judge Stein ruled that the alleged scraping of content without recognizing a websites robot.txt file…
Read more: Judge Stein rejects Ziff Davis motion to amend to add DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Robots.txt does not qualify as access-control TPM

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Fair Use and the Origin of AI Training

Master List of Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Dec. 5, 2025.

US Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Dec. 5, 2025. Current total = 65 suits in U.S. (3 of which voluntarily dismissed).

World Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Sept. 12, 2025. Current total = 74 copyright suits. [In need of updating]

Infographic of AI companies sued

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Status of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

The Shadow Library Strategy

Master Chart of Claims in Cases

Last updated Dec. 3, 2025

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