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Before retiring, Tim Cook sued in copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit for Apple’s AI training on copyrighted works. 5th copyright shareholder derivative suit total.

Before Tim Cook heads off into retirement at the end of August, he was just sued in a copyright shareholder derivative suit, the 5th such lawsuit in the United States. 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…
Read more: Before retiring, Tim Cook sued in copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit for Apple’s AI training on copyrighted works. 5th copyright shareholder derivative suit total.
OpenAI sued by textbook authors Michael Sullivan. Total copyright cases = 132.

Michael Sullivan and other textbook authors have sued OpenAI in the Southern District of New. The docket is here. It’s similar to the Sullivan v. Meta case in the Northern District of California. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD COMPLAINT:
Read more: OpenAI sued by textbook authors Michael Sullivan. Total copyright cases = 132.
S.A. Jamendo drops its lawsuit v. Suno

S.A. Jamendo has filed a notice to voluntarily dismiss its copyright suit against Suno without prejudice. This follows another dismissal by Poseidon Wave’s suit v. Suno, although with prejudice. It would be fascinating to know what deals, if any, were struck before the dismissals. Related Story:
Read more: S.A. Jamendo drops its lawsuit v. Suno
Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed again, this time in the cases related to Kadrey

Judge Chhabria rejected Meta’s motion to quash and is allowing a second deposition of Mark Zuckerberg. “For the reasons stated in the plaintiffs’ opposition briefs, Meta’s motion to quash is denied.” The deposition must take place by August 26. Zuckerberg may face questions about his recent screed on “The Future is for Everyone.”
Read more: Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed again, this time in the cases related to Kadrey
Disney attempts to salvage its contributory infringement claim v. Midjourney on inducement theory, post-Cox Communications

The fallout from the Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment continues. In response to Midjourney’s motion for a judgment on the pleadings that Disney’s contributory infringement claim based on “knowledge and material contribution” fails as a matter of law under Cox, Disney says its complaint also alleges an inducement theory that…
Read more: Disney attempts to salvage its contributory infringement claim v. Midjourney on inducement theory, post-Cox Communications
Anthropic adds watermark to Claude-generated content

As a part of following the EU AI Act transparency rules, Anthropic rolled out invisible watermarking in Claude generated texts and file outputs from August 2, 2026. Here’s part of Anthropic’s announcement: Anthropic has signed the EU AI Act’s Article 50(2) Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, as a provider of both generative…
Read more: Anthropic adds watermark to Claude-generated content
Judge Chhabria grants Meta additional discovery re: Kadrey’s contributory infringement claim in FACC

Judge Chhabria just granted Meta’s request for additional discovery related to the new claim for contributory infringement that the Kadrey book authors added in their First Amended Consolidated Complaint. The order states: “Meta’s motion for leave to serve discovery is granted. From the materials submitted by the parties (including the sample RFPs and interrogatories), Meta’s…
Read more: Judge Chhabria grants Meta additional discovery re: Kadrey’s contributory infringement claim in FACC
After dismissal, Google adds new allegations to shore up DMCA claim v. SerpApi

Google filed its First Amended Complaint against SerpApi in a case involving scraping and a DMCA anti-circumvention claim. To address Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ dismissal of the original complaint, Google added the following allegations in its First Amended Complaint: We shall see if these additional allegations are sufficient to withstand another motion to dismiss.
Read more: After dismissal, Google adds new allegations to shore up DMCA claim v. SerpApi
Meta becomes the heavyweight in US open-weight models

Mark Zuckerberg announced the release of Muse Glimmer as an open-weight model and soon Muse Spark 1.2 as well Meta had originally released its LLaMa models as open-weight models, but appeared to shift to close models to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic. But today’s announcement signals a shift back to open weight models. This is…
Read more: Meta becomes the heavyweight in US open-weight models
Quizlet wins summary judgment: it did not engage in volitional conduct in how users used app; falls within DMCA safe harbor

The Barkley & Associates v. Quizlet case has flown under the radar. But Judge Hsu issued an important summary judgment ruling back in July. The parties Barkley “is a continuing education publisher that provides test-preparation materials for graduate nursing students studying to become certified nurse practitioners.” Quizlet develops an app for people to study, such…
Read more: Quizlet wins summary judgment: it did not engage in volitional conduct in how users used app; falls within DMCA safe harbor
Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 131

Here’s the latest U.S. map of all copyright suits v. AI companies. We added 2 new lawsuits: Judge Ellis granted Uncharted Labs’ motion to transfer the case Woulard v. Uncharted Labs from Illinois to the SDNY, so we moved that case to SDNY with a judge assignment pending. We also indicated in red the voluntary…
Read more: Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 131
Launch of BIPA Case Tracker, and Web Scraping & AI Agents Case Tracker

To add to our portfolio of AI-related case trackers, we are launching today 2 new case trackers: We now have 6 AI case trackers. The other 4 trackers are below. You can find the links on the homepage and scrolling down. Looks like we’ve run out of AI cases to track.
Read more: Launch of BIPA Case Tracker, and Web Scraping & AI Agents Case Tracker
Udio wins transfer of Woulard’s lawsuit to SDNY

Judge Sara Ellis just granted Uncharted Labs dba Udio’s motion to transfer. The lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Illinois will be transferred to the Southern District of New York. Three other lawsuits against Udio are already there: THE COURT’S ORDER OF TRANSFER:
Read more: Udio wins transfer of Woulard’s lawsuit to SDNY
Should Mark Zuckerberg be deposed again in book author cases related to Kadrey? Meta says no.

Judge Chhabria has already said he thinks the other book author-publisher plaintiffs (Entrepreneur Media, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cambronne, and Cognella) in the subsequent but related cases to Kadrey v. Meta should get a chance to depose Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta. But he said Meta can file its motion to prevent another deposition.…
Read more: Should Mark Zuckerberg be deposed again in book author cases related to Kadrey? Meta says no.
Judge Stein denies News Plaintiffs leave to add new contributory infringement claim v. Microsoft. News Plaintiffs, Ziff Davis already abandoned contributory infringement claim foreclosed by Cox Communications.

In the In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, Judge Stein issued two separate but similar rulings. They stem from the plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal of their material-contribution theory of contributory infringement after the Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, as well as their trademark dilution claim. Ruling on News Plaintiffs’ Motion for…
Read more: Judge Stein denies News Plaintiffs leave to add new contributory infringement claim v. Microsoft. News Plaintiffs, Ziff Davis already abandoned contributory infringement claim foreclosed by Cox Communications.

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Master List of Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Dec. 5, 2025.

US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI

last updated Aug. 10, 2026. Current total = 131 suits in U.S.

Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional Scrutiny

Fair Use and the Origin of AI Training

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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Last updated Mar. 31, 2026

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