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Judge Thompson reschedules hearing on Anthropic’s motion to dismiss Carreyrou’s complaint to July 7

Notice is hereby given to all parties that the hearing on Defendant Anthropic’s Motion to Dismiss 96 set for March 24, 2026, 2:00 PM is rescheduled to July 7, 2026, 2:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 09, 19th Floor before Judge Trina L Thompson. Signed by Judge Trina L. Thompson on 2/18/2026.
Read more: Judge Thompson reschedules hearing on Anthropic’s motion to dismiss Carreyrou’s complaint to July 7
Youngblood, YouTube creator, voluntarily dismisses copyright suit v. Meta after voluntarily dismissing suit v. NVIDIA

Devin Youngblood, a YouTube creator, has voluntarily dismissed the second copyright suit he filed, this one against Meta. Youngblood did the same to the copyright suit he filed against NVIDIA barely after filing the lawsuit.
Read more: Youngblood, YouTube creator, voluntarily dismisses copyright suit v. Meta after voluntarily dismissing suit v. NVIDIA
Will Judge Lee certify a class action v. Google in AI suit? Hearing on Feb. 20. Judge Lee stays discovery pending her decision.

Wow. Judge Lee has stayed discovery in In re Google Generative AI Litigation, pending her decision on class certification. The hearing on class certification is tomorrow, February 20, 1 PM PDT in San Jose federal court. Not to read too much into it, but the stay of discovery could be a good sign for Google.…
Read more: Will Judge Lee certify a class action v. Google in AI suit? Hearing on Feb. 20. Judge Lee stays discovery pending her decision.
Sam Altman, Dario Amodei refuse to hold hands at AI summit in India

Here’s the video of Sam Altman and Dario Amodei refusing to hold hands in a display of unity at the AI Summit in India. Something or nothing?
Read more: Sam Altman, Dario Amodei refuse to hold hands at AI summit in India
Anthropic scores minor win as Judge Lee deems Concord Music v. Anthropic II (alleged use of shadow libraries) is related to Concord Music v. Anthropic I. II gets reassigned to Judge Lee

Anthropic scored a minor victory today as Judge Lee agreed with Anthropic that Concord Music Group v. Anthropic II, recently filed and assigned to Judge Lin, is related to the originally filed case of Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I already before Judge Lee. That means Judge Lee will now get Concord Music Group v.…
Read more: Anthropic scores minor win as Judge Lee deems Concord Music v. Anthropic II (alleged use of shadow libraries) is related to Concord Music v. Anthropic I. II gets reassigned to Judge Lee
Nicole Chmura, YouTube creators, sues Snap for DMCA violation. AI copyright suit No. 82 in U.S.

There’s been a recent rash of DMCA anti-circumvention lawsuits filed against AI companies. Today adds another one: Nicole Chmura sued Snap for an alleged violation of the DMCA related to Snap’s alleged bypassing YouTube technological protection measures to train Snap’s AI models. The other DMCA 1201 lawsuits involving YouTube videos include: Ted Entertainment v. Snap,…
Read more: Nicole Chmura, YouTube creators, sues Snap for DMCA violation. AI copyright suit No. 82 in U.S.
Anthropic moves to dismiss John Carreyrou’s lawsuit filed by 5 authors who opted out of the Bartz class settlement

Anthropic wasted no time in moving to dismiss author John Carreyrou’s copyright complaint. The lawsuit was filed by 5 book authors (a sixth dropped out) who opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic class settlement. Intriguing is Anthropic’s argument that John Carreyrou’s Complaint fails to allege his book(s) were contained in the dataset (Books3) Anthropic…
Read more: Anthropic moves to dismiss John Carreyrou’s lawsuit filed by 5 authors who opted out of the Bartz class settlement
English translation of Munich Local Court rejetion of authorship in prompt-engineered logos. Court leaves open door for authorship in other prompt-engineered works made with human creative influence or personality

The Munich Local Court ruled against authorship under German copyright law for three logos generated by a person using AI using prompts. But the Court left open the door for authorship in other works where the human has made sufficient creative influence over the output manifesting the personality of the author: “Copyright protection is therefore…
Read more: English translation of Munich Local Court rejetion of authorship in prompt-engineered logos. Court leaves open door for authorship in other prompt-engineered works made with human creative influence or personality
Judge Lin gets assigned Concord Music v. Anthropic II for now. Other new cases assigned.

Some of the recent AI copyright lawsuits have been assigned. They are listed below. 1. Judge Rita F. Lin was assigned Concord Music Group v. Anthropic II. But there’s a pending motion for Judge Eumi Lee to consider relating the case to Concord Music v. Anthropic I. If Judge Lee does so, the second case…
Read more: Judge Lin gets assigned Concord Music v. Anthropic II for now. Other new cases assigned.
OpenAI strikes again: hires Peter Steinberger who created OpenClaw aka Moltbot for autonomous AI agents

Sam Altman announced OpenAI’s hiring of Peter Steinberger over the weekend. Steinberger’s OpenClaw open-source project for autonomous AI agents has already cause quite a stir. Steinberger was recently interviewed by Lex Friedman. OpenClaw was a nonprofit project. Steinberger himself was donating $10K to $20K a month to the project. Steinberger, then still on his own,…
Read more: OpenAI strikes again: hires Peter Steinberger who created OpenClaw aka Moltbot for autonomous AI agents
Hollywood studios roiled by Seedance AI video pitting Brad Pitt v. Tom Cruise

Similar to what happened when Midjourney released its new video generator that enabled users to create videos with Hollywood studios’ animated characters, the video generator Seedance, owned by Chinese-based Bytedance, has roiled Hollywood studios. The AI-generated video that caused the greatest uproar was one pitting Brad Pitt against Tom Cruise: Disney swiftly sent a cease-and-desist…
Read more: Hollywood studios roiled by Seedance AI video pitting Brad Pitt v. Tom Cruise
Is OpenAI the Gorgon as Elon Musk’s Complaint v. Sam Altman alleges?

It’s not every day that the opening line of a lawsuit complaint includes a reference to the Gorgons, the Greek mythology monster of three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snakes on their heads. Leave it to Elon Musk to make the analogy between the Gorgons and OpenAI: Never before has a corporation gone from…
Read more: Is OpenAI the Gorgon as Elon Musk’s Complaint v. Sam Altman alleges?
World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total =107 (Feb. 15, 2026) Only 7 decisions on AI training so far

Here’s the latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. The new total is 107 copyright suits v. AI companies: 81 copyright suits in United States + 26 copyrights suits in other countries, Canada falling in second with 12. DOWNLOAD THE LATEST WORLD MAP OF COPYRIGHT SUITS V. AI COMPANIES Only 7 Decisions on…
Read more: World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total =107 (Feb. 15, 2026) Only 7 decisions on AI training so far
U.S Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 81 (Feb. 14, 2026)

Here’s the latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 81 copyright suits. We added the recently filed lawsuit Kleiner v. Adobe in the Northern District of California, another case using the Shadow Library Strategy. DOWNLOAD THE PDF OF THE MAP WITH LINKS TO EACH DOCKET:
Read more: U.S Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 81 (Feb. 14, 2026)
There’s a good chance the Supreme Court grants cert in its 1st AI case, Thaler v. Perlmutter. Issue involves authorship.

The Supreme Court has distributed the cert petition in Thaler v. Perlmutter for its upcoming conference in two weeks, on Feb. 27, 2026. The Question Presented: “Whether works outputted by an artificial intelligence (AI) system without a direct, traditional authorial contribution by a natural person can be copyrighted.” While many Supreme Court watchers might not…
Read more: There’s a good chance the Supreme Court grants cert in its 1st AI case, Thaler v. Perlmutter. Issue involves authorship.

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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 Feb. 7, 2026. Current total = 80 suits in U.S. (4 of which voluntarily dismissed).

World Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Feb. 14, 2026. Current total = 107 copyright suits.

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Status of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

The Shadow Library Strategy

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Last updated Dec. 3, 2025

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List of AI bills before Congress

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