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Google opposes David Greene’s motion to remand case to state court

Google opposes Dadid L. Greene’s motion to remand the case back to state court. Green alleges Google misappropriated and used recordings of his voice to train its Notebook LM model. Google argues Greene’s state law claims are equivalent to a copyright claim and preempted by the Copyright Act. DOWNLOAD GOOGLE’S OPPOSITION
Read more: Google opposes David Greene’s motion to remand case to state court
Courts set Aug. 20 hearing for Darius James’ motion for leave to file First Amended Complaint

In James v. Cerebras Systems, The Clerk has scheduled a hearing on August 20, 2026, at 2:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 10, 19th Floor before Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin. James has asked the court leave to file a First Amended Complaint that adds a claim for contributory infringement related to Cerebras Systems’ alleged creation and…
Read more: Courts set Aug. 20 hearing for Darius James’ motion for leave to file First Amended Complaint
Bartz v. Anthropic livestream link for Final Approval Settlement Hearing today at 2 pm PT

In Bartz et al v. Anthropic PBC, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín will hold the Final Approval of Class Settlement Hearing at 2 PM PT. From the Judge’s website: Please click the link below to join webinars (public hearings). If you are a case participant, you will join as an attendee, then you will be brought into…
Read more: Bartz v. Anthropic livestream link for Final Approval Settlement Hearing today at 2 pm PT
Angie Cruz v. Anthropic filed on eve of final approval hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic. Angie Cruz, Dave Eggers, Andrew Sean Greer, Tobias Wolff, and others opting out of Bartz settlement seek trial on statutory damages, plus permanent injunction v. Claude.

On the eve of the fairness hearing for final approval of the $1.5 billion settlement in Bartz v. Anthopric before Judge Martinez-Olguin, a second group of book authors who opted out of the Bartz class settlement just sued Anthropic. (The first group led by John Carreyrou aka Cambronne Inc. is represented by the same law…
Read more: Angie Cruz v. Anthropic filed on eve of final approval hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic. Angie Cruz, Dave Eggers, Andrew Sean Greer, Tobias Wolff, and others opting out of Bartz settlement seek trial on statutory damages, plus permanent injunction v. Claude.
Judge Pitts to sever John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. 8 AI companies. But unclear if Judge will keep case v. Anthropic.

We will soon have greater clarity with what happens to John Carreyrou’s omnibus lawsuit against 8 AI companies (some of which have already been severed). Yesterday, Judge Pitts indicated that he will grant the motions to sever the lawsuit. But he had not decided which cases involving which defendant(s) he would keep. Interestingly, Carreyrou through…
Read more: Judge Pitts to sever John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. 8 AI companies. But unclear if Judge will keep case v. Anthropic.
David L. Greene opposes Google’s motion to dismiss complaint with state law claims related to alleged use of his voice

Former NPR host of “All Things Considered,” David L. Greene has filed his opposition to Google’s motion to dismiss his state law claims for alleged appropriation of his voice. Google argues his claims are preempted by the Copyright Act. Greene argues they are not. The suit is before Judge Breyer. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD GREENE’S OPPOSITION
Read more: David L. Greene opposes Google’s motion to dismiss complaint with state law claims related to alleged use of his voice
Darius H. James seeks to file First Amended Complaint v. Cerebras Systems after adding Lieff Cabraser lawyers

Author Darius H. James has filed for leave to file a First Amended Complaint. James recently added lawyers from Lieff Cabraser law firm, who are heavily involved representing book authors in multiple suits against AI companies. The proposed First Amended Complaint adds a claim for contributory infringement. The claims relate to Cerebras Systems’ creation of…
Read more: Darius H. James seeks to file First Amended Complaint v. Cerebras Systems after adding Lieff Cabraser lawyers
Anthropic cites Judge Chhabria’s relating new lawsuits filed v. Meta by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Carreyrou, Cognella to Kadrey v. Meta.

Anthropic has cited Judge Chhabria’s decision to relate the recently filed lawsuits v. Meta by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cambronne, and Cognella, respectively. Anthropic has asked Judge Martínez-Olguín, who was assigned Bartz v. Anthropic following Judge Alsup’s retirement, to relate the recently filed lawsuits v. Anthropic by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cambronne (aka…
Read more: Anthropic cites Judge Chhabria’s relating new lawsuits filed v. Meta by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Carreyrou, Cognella to Kadrey v. Meta.
Musk v. Altman trial week 3: Ilya Sutskever provides captivating testimony favorable to OpenAI

Week 3 of the Musk v. Altman trial started off big. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified about the company’s investment in OpenAI, initially $1 billion, of which Nadella said he was proud to be the first company to back OpenAI. Nadella also testified about the “chaos” ensuing the attempted firing of Sam Altman and Nadella’s…
Read more: Musk v. Altman trial week 3: Ilya Sutskever provides captivating testimony favorable to OpenAI
Thomson Reuters, ROSS Intelligence disagree on meaning of Third Circuit’s ASTM v. UpCodes in supplemental briefs asked by Third Circuit

The Third Circuit asked the parties in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence for supplemental briefs (on top of the supplemental letters) on how the Third Circuit’s own fair use decision in American Society for Testing & Materals v. UpCodes applies to their case. The fact that the Third Circuit has now 2 fair use appeals…
Read more: Thomson Reuters, ROSS Intelligence disagree on meaning of Third Circuit’s ASTM v. UpCodes in supplemental briefs asked by Third Circuit
Recently filed lawsuits by Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Meta, Carreyrou v. Meta, and Cognella v. Meta, all filed by same law firm, now related to Kadrey v. Meta

Judge Chhabria just granted pending motions to relate, to Kadrey v. Meta, the following cases: Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Meta, Carreyrou v. Meta, and Cognella Inc. v. Meta, all filed by the same law firms of Stris & Maher and Freedman Norman Friedland LLP. The latter 3 cases all involve book authors and…
Read more: Recently filed lawsuits by Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Meta, Carreyrou v. Meta, and Cognella v. Meta, all filed by same law firm, now related to Kadrey v. Meta
Was ImageNet offered illegally? Copyright suit over ImageNet dataset, EVOX Productions v. Stanford University, puts academic AI research under new scrutiny

Earlier, in March 2026, Stanford University filed its Answer to the Second Amended Complaint filed by EVOX Productions. EVOX is the producer of car photographs alleged to be used by Stanford researchers without licenses as a part of its ImageNet dataset. Stanford’s defenses are no surprise. The ImageNet dataset of images scraped from the Internet…
Read more: Was ImageNet offered illegally? Copyright suit over ImageNet dataset, EVOX Productions v. Stanford University, puts academic AI research under new scrutiny
OpenAI faces most copyright lawsuits. But other AI companies face multiple lawsuits, too.

Nearly four years into the AI Copyright Wars, more than 100 copyright lawsuits have been filed against AI companies. But the number of lawsuits by AI company is not equal. OpenAI faces the most lawsuits by far. Here’s a look at the Top 18 AI Companies by Number of Copyright Suits: Download a PDF of…
Read more: OpenAI faces most copyright lawsuits. But other AI companies face multiple lawsuits, too.
How we can survive AI. Ben Sasse’s WSJ Op-Ed

Ben Sasse has Stage 4 metatastic cancer. Based on his initial 4-month prognosis, he should be already dead as he discussed recently. In today’s Wall Street Journal, he wrote an Op-Ed on “Habits for Humanity in the Age of AI.” The article is “adapted from his speech accepting the Manhattan Institute’s Alexander Hamilton Award on…
Read more: How we can survive AI. Ben Sasse’s WSJ Op-Ed
Are university AI researchers now at risk of facing copyright suits for acquiring or using unlicensed materials, or models trained on them?

When I spoke at the NeurIPS conference a couple years ago, I prodded the audience full of AI researchers from universities to think about their roles in the ongoing debate over the acquisition and use of copyrighted materials to research, develop, and train AI models. I didn’t say it there but said it in my…
Read more: Are university AI researchers now at risk of facing copyright suits for acquiring or using unlicensed materials, or models trained on them?

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