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Adding to their largest settlement in US copyright history, Bartz book authors’ class announces another historic milestone: 91.3% participation of total works in class. Wow.

In an update provided to the court ahead of the final approval hearing, the Bartz Class Counsel announced a stunning participation rate of 91.3 percent — or 440,409 of 482,460 works in the class — have been claimed for distribution of the class settlement funds. 91.3 percent participation for a non-personal injury class action is…
Read more: Adding to their largest settlement in US copyright history, Bartz book authors’ class announces another historic milestone: 91.3% participation of total works in class. Wow.
Thomson Reuters tries to distinguish Third Circuit’s UpCodes fair use decision

Thomson Reuters submitted its reply to ROSS Intelligence’s 28(j) letter of supplemental authority based on the Third Circuit’s recent fair use decision in American Society for Testing & Materials v. UpCodes, Inc. involving a for-profit, AI-native startup company‘s republication of building codes that some jurisdictions have adopted as law. Despite some salient factual similarities, Thomson Reuters argues that…
Read more: Thomson Reuters tries to distinguish Third Circuit’s UpCodes fair use decision
The Northern District of California is the epicenter of AI copyright lawsuits, 47 and counting

The Northern District of California, the jurisdiction for Silicon Valley, is the clear epicenter of AI copyright lawsuits. Not just in the United States, but in the world. There are now 47 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. That’s more lawsuits than the total suits in the countries in rest of the world combined. The Southern…
Read more: The Northern District of California is the epicenter of AI copyright lawsuits, 47 and counting
Judge Lee was assigned another AI copyright suit: Beaulier v. NVIDIA

Judge Lee was assigned another AI copyright lawsuit: Beaulier v. NVIDIA. It’s her 5th AI copyright lawsuit. Related Stories
Read more: Judge Lee was assigned another AI copyright suit: Beaulier v. NVIDIA
Judge Scott Corley gets assigned another AI copyright case: Beualier v. Roblox

Judge Scott Corley was assigned another AI copyright lawsuit: Beaulier v. Roblox. It’s her 4th AI copyright lawsuit. Related Story
Read more: Judge Scott Corley gets assigned another AI copyright case: Beualier v. Roblox
Judge Breyer assigned another AI copyright suit: Beaulier v. Meta

Judge Breyer was assigned the recently filed Beaulier v. Meta. It’s the Judge’s 6th AI copyright lawsuit, one of which was voluntarily dismissed. Related Stories
Read more: Judge Breyer assigned another AI copyright suit: Beaulier v. Meta
Judge Gonzalez Rogers sets further case management conference in Hendrix v. Apple for May 11 via Zoom

CLERK’S NOTICE SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. You are hereby notified that the Further Case Management Conference will be held by Zoom Webinar. Joint Case Management Statement is due by 5/4/2026. Further Case Management Conference set for 5/11/2026, at 02:00 PM in Oakland, – Videoconference Only. This proceeding will be held via a Zoom webinar.Webinar Access:…
Read more: Judge Gonzalez Rogers sets further case management conference in Hendrix v. Apple for May 11 via Zoom
Judge Hellerstein denies Udio’s motion to dismiss DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Court finds sufficient allegations based on YouTube’s “rolling cipher” TPM

In Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs dba Udio, Judge Hellerstein found that the complaint sufficient alleged that YouTube circumvented an access-control to YouTube videos via the much-disputed “rolling cipher” technological protection measure. Udio argued it was a copy-control measure. Sony Music argued it was both copy-control and access-control. Judge Hellerstein ruled that the complaint…
Read more: Judge Hellerstein denies Udio’s motion to dismiss DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Court finds sufficient allegations based on YouTube’s “rolling cipher” TPM
Judge Lee relates BMG v. Anthropic to Concord Music v. Anthropic I and II

Judge Lee ordered the BMG lawsuit against Anthropic to be related to Concord Music v. Anthropic I and II. Judge Lee will now preside over all 3 lawsuits.
Read more: Judge Lee relates BMG v. Anthropic to Concord Music v. Anthropic I and II
Meta cites Judge Chhabria’s sua sponte severing of similar case to Judge Pitts re: Carreyrou v. Anthropic

Meta wasted no time calling to Judge Pitts’s attention Judge Chhabria’s sua sponte severing the omnibus copyright lawsuit against 8 different AI companies filed by Chicken Soup for the Soul. That plaintiff is represented by the same law firm that represents Carreyrou (aka Cambronne) against the same 8 AI companies. Assuming Chicken Soup for the…
Read more: Meta cites Judge Chhabria’s sua sponte severing of similar case to Judge Pitts re: Carreyrou v. Anthropic
Video creator Ted Entertainment now alleges YouTube videos have not just 1 but 5 technological protection measures

After Bytedance moved to dismiss video maker Ted Entertainment’s complaint, Ted filed a first amended complaint adding new allegations that YouTube has not just 1 but 5 different technological protection measures that Bytedance allegedly circumvented. The original complaint generally asserted: “YouTube deploys technological protection measures (“TPMs”) designed to control access to the underlying video files…
Read more: Video creator Ted Entertainment now alleges YouTube videos have not just 1 but 5 technological protection measures
Third Circuit sets oral argument for June 11 in 1st appeal of decision on fair use in AI training. Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence follows another recent Third Circuit decision on fair use in American Society for Testing v. UpCodes.

Mark your calendars for June 11, 2026. The Third Circuit will hear oral argument in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. It’s the first appeal of a decision related to the question whether the use of copyrighted works (here, Westlaw headnotes for judicial opinions) to train an AI model is a fair use. Judge Bibas reversed…
Read more: Third Circuit sets oral argument for June 11 in 1st appeal of decision on fair use in AI training. Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence follows another recent Third Circuit decision on fair use in American Society for Testing v. UpCodes.
In MiniMax suit, Nanoble moves to dismiss Disney’s copyright claims, citing lack of direct infringement and no contributory infringement under Supreme Court’s decision in Cox

Defendant Nanoble in Disney v. MiniMax has filed two motions to dismiss: one based on lack of personal jurisdiction (12(b)(2)) and the other based on failure to state a claim for relief (12(b)(3)). The latter motion offers various grounds to dismiss the complaint of Disney, summarized as follows: Nanoble’s citation of the Supreme Court’s recent…
Read more: In MiniMax suit, Nanoble moves to dismiss Disney’s copyright claims, citing lack of direct infringement and no contributory infringement under Supreme Court’s decision in Cox
OpenAI opposes Elon Musk’s “amended” notice of remedies as belated bait and switch weeks before trial

On April 7, Elon Musk filed an “amended” notice of remedies. In it, he appears to change the remedies he is seeking at his upcoming trial. Originally, on Jan. 16, 2026, Musk described the monetary remedies as follows, with brief mention of potential injunctive relief: Nowhere did Musk say that such monetary recovery would go…
Read more: OpenAI opposes Elon Musk’s “amended” notice of remedies as belated bait and switch weeks before trial
Have businesses, AI engineers finally stopped boasting about their 100% vibe coded computer programs?

Ivan Moreno just published an article in Law360 (paywalled) Tech’a AI Coding Boom on Collision Course with Copyright. Moreno discusses my essay Vibe Coding Authorship, forthcoming in the UCLA Law Review Discourse. My essay analyzes the problem created by the growing phenomenon that AI engineers and businesses are boasting about how their computer programs are…
Read more: Have businesses, AI engineers finally stopped boasting about their 100% vibe coded computer programs?

Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional Scrutiny

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 April 3, 2026. Current total = 100 suits in U.S.

World Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated April 5, 2026. Current total = 130 copyright suits = 100 in U.S. + 30 in rest of world.

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 Mar. 31, 2026

Tort Lawsuit Case Tracker

List of AI bills before Congress

Opinion: How courts should analyze authorship with AI

US Copyright Office registers copyright of AI-generated image

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