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Jensen Huang, other NVIDIA officers sued in copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit. Untested theory spreads to Illinois.

Jensen Huang and other NVIDIA officers and directors were just sued today under the new theory of copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit. I’ve coined this term to describe shareholder derivative lawsuits under securities law that are based on the allegation that the directors and officers (D&O) approved copyright infringement, exposed the company to substantial risk of…
Read more: Jensen Huang, other NVIDIA officers sued in copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit. Untested theory spreads to Illinois.
Throwing comity to the wind, German court rules that U.S. company Suno did not engage in fair use in AI training in the United States under U.S. Copyright Law.

The Munich Regional Court (Landgericht München) handed down a stunning decision today. The Unsurprising Part of the Decision The Court’s ruling under German law was not surprising. Like the GEMA v. OpenAI decision, the Munich Regional Court found that Suno, the AI music generator company, committed copyright infringement under German law, including by AI memorization…
Read more: Throwing comity to the wind, German court rules that U.S. company Suno did not engage in fair use in AI training in the United States under U.S. Copyright Law.
Leopold Aschenbrenner, media’s AI golden boy investor, unloads all public stock to Citadel after facing margin calls

There’s no bigger hype machine that the business media, who are wont to anoint twenty year olds as the “next Steve Jobs” (Elizabeth Holmes) or the “next Warren Buffett” (Sam Bankman Fried). Next up is Leopold Aschenbrenner, a former OpenAI employee turned hedge fund founder of Situational Awareness, who just last week was featured in…
Read more: Leopold Aschenbrenner, media’s AI golden boy investor, unloads all public stock to Citadel after facing margin calls
EVOX Productions, maker of car images, enlists 3rd law firm to files its 4th copyright suit v. AI training use. This one v. Midjourney.

EVOX Productions, the professional maker of car images, has just sued Midjourney for alleged infringement based on unauthorized use of their images contained without permission in the LAION dataset. This is the 130th copyright lawsuit against AI companies in the United States. This is EVOX Productions’ fourth such lawsuit. relying on 3 different firms. The…
Read more: EVOX Productions, maker of car images, enlists 3rd law firm to files its 4th copyright suit v. AI training use. This one v. Midjourney.
Judge Lee orders Anthropic’s Benjamin Mann to answer Concord Music II complaint by Aug. 17

After the parties disputed whether Benjamin Mann, a named defendant in Concord Music v. Anthropic II, Judge Lee granted 2 additional weeks. Judge Lee ruled: “Having considered the parties’ arguments in the 94 Joint Status Report, the Court ORDERS Defendant Mann to file his answer to the Second Amended Complaint by 8/17/2026.” Mann is the…
Read more: Judge Lee orders Anthropic’s Benjamin Mann to answer Concord Music II complaint by Aug. 17
Updated US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 129 (Jul. 30, 2026)

Here’s the latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits with links to each docket. We added Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs II, a case related to the UMG Recordings v. Uncharted Labs I before Judge Hellerstein. We also activated the Brave Software v. News Corp. case, which had been voluntarily dismissed but later refiled. News…
Read more: Updated US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 129 (Jul. 30, 2026)
Jensen Huang visits Pres. Trump in Oval Office. Trump touts U.S. lead over China in AI.

AI CEOs Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, and others are in DC for discussions about AI policy. Yesterday, President Trump hailed Jensen Huang in the Oval Office–calling him “a very great gentleman“–and boasted about the U.S. lead in AI over China. Said Trump: “We’re leading China in AI by a lot.”
Read more: Jensen Huang visits Pres. Trump in Oval Office. Trump touts U.S. lead over China in AI.
AI companies now asserting counterclaims v. Copyright Holders. Anthropic adopts new strategy in AI copyright suits

Nanoble, represented by Quinn Emanuel, may have started a trend in the AI copyright litigation. Nanoble filed an indemnity counterclaim against Disney for allegedly violating the terms of use required by Nanoble’s AI video generator. We can read more about that strategy here: Now, Anthropic has filed a counterclaim of non-infringement against Bartz v. Anthropic…
Read more: AI companies now asserting counterclaims v. Copyright Holders. Anthropic adopts new strategy in AI copyright suits
Former Wall St. Journal writer Philip Shishkin drops copyright claim v. Anthropic

Curiously, book author and former Wall Street Journal Philip Shishkin has voluntarily dropped his copyright claim against Anthropic in the lawsuit with lead plaintiff Cambronne or John Carreyrou. Shishkin gave no reason for dropping for copyright claim against Anthropic. The other plaintiffs remain. DOWNLOAD:
Read more: Former Wall St. Journal writer Philip Shishkin drops copyright claim v. Anthropic
Apple, Amazon seek dismissal of Ted Entertainment’s DMCA anti-circumvention cases

YouTube video creator TED Entertainment has filed 6 separate copyright lawsuits against Apple, Amazon, NVIDIA, Meta, Bytedance, and OpenAI. Each case involves basically the same single claim that the defendant violated the DMCA anti-circumvention provision by allegedly circumventing an access-control technological protection measure. Apple and Amazon each filed their respective motions to dismiss this DMCA…
Read more: Apple, Amazon seek dismissal of Ted Entertainment’s DMCA anti-circumvention cases
Anthropic opposes

Anthropic opposes the motion of various plaintiffs in the Cambronne, Cognella, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Kwon, and Cruz lawsuits to consolidate the briefing for motions to dismiss in all the related cases. Anthropic argues that the respective complaints have their own deficiencies and lumping everything into 1 brief would not be effective or efficient.…
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NYT spent $20 million for its 1 lawsuit v. OpenAI. How much has OpenAI spent defending v. 22 suits in U.S. plus 8 foreign suits?

A.G. Sulzberger said the New York Times has spent $20 million on its 1 copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, a case nearing the summary judgment stage. (Unclear the exact breakdown on costs for that $20 million.) How much has OpenAI spent to defend v. 22 suits in US and 8 foreign suits around world? For this…
Read more: NYT spent $20 million for its 1 lawsuit v. OpenAI. How much has OpenAI spent defending v. 22 suits in U.S. plus 8 foreign suits?
Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) skyrockets in Shanghai IPO

CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) had a splashy IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, increasing 466% in share value. CXMT makes memory chips in the same market as Micron, SK Hynix, and Samsung. AI demand has made memory chips scarce.
Read more: Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) skyrockets in Shanghai IPO
Elon Musk: China may become world leader in AI

In an interview with the Economist’s Editor in Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, Elon Musk said that China may become the world leader in AI. The only thing now preventing it is China’s lower computing power. But that could change. China already has the big advantage in electricity capacity versus the U.S., a 3 to 1…
Read more: Elon Musk: China may become world leader in AI
After China’s Kimi Moment, US AI companies suddenly tout open-weight models in letter

After China’s Kimi-K3 open-weight model spooked the U.S. AI industry, major AI companies and CEOs have suddenly issued their own group statement in favor of open-weight models in the United States. That’s no coincidence. This looks like an effort to stop U.S. government regulation of open-weight models, including from China. The letter on open weight…
Read more: After China’s Kimi Moment, US AI companies suddenly tout open-weight models in letter

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last updated Dec. 5, 2025.

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last updated July 19, 2026. Current total = 128 suits in U.S.

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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. (When updated, the current total = 143 = 113 in U.S. + 30 in rest of the world.)

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