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Suno seeks impoundment of total number of audio files used to train model

In UMG Recordings v. Suno, “Suno requests impoundment of two discrete references to the number of audio files Plaintiffs allege Suno used to train its generative AI model (the ‘Model Training Figure’). As Suno explained in support of its earlier request for impoundment of this same information, the Model Training Figure is intentionally nonpublic and…
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Judge Tigar recuses himself from newly filed Shakespeare v. Anthropic

Judge Jon S. Tigar issued an order of recusal from the newly filed Shakespeare v. Anthropic. There’s a good chance this case will be considered a case related to the earliest filed book author suit, Carreyrou v. Anthropic before Judge Pitts, who could get all the book author / publisher suits against Anthropic other than Bartz…
Read more: Judge Tigar recuses himself from newly filed Shakespeare v. Anthropic
Magistrate Judge Richlin mostly denies Midjourney’s motion to compel discovery re: Disney’s own use or development of AI and prompts used to generate examples from Midjourney not used in Complaint

Magistrate Judge Richlin mostly denied Midjourney’s attempt to get discovery of Disney’s own use or development of AI. Judge Richlin found such use irrelevant to Midjourney’s fair use defense, citing a similar ruling in the In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation. The judge also ruled that Disney’s prompts used to generate allegedly infringing outputs on…
Read more: Magistrate Judge Richlin mostly denies Midjourney’s motion to compel discovery re: Disney’s own use or development of AI and prompts used to generate examples from Midjourney not used in Complaint
Amodei, Altman, Hassabis attend G7 meeting with Pres. Trump in show of U.S. AI global leadership

President Trump convened the CEOs of leading U.S. AI companies — including Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Demis Hassabis — to the G7 meeting in Versailles. Here’s a list of those reportedly in attendance: Major Global AI Labs European AI Companies Asian AI Startups Big Tech & Enterprise Software
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Midjourney announces community-backed research lab for medical body scanning. New medical spa to open in SF in 2027.

Midjourney just took a moonshot into medical scanning, previewing a new, one-of-a-kind Full Body Ultrasonic Computational Tomography. In a post titled “A New Kind of Research Lab,” Midjourney, the company behind the popular AI image generator, explained: We’re building a bold new kind of machine to reimagine the foundations of healthcare and our relationships to…
Read more: Midjourney announces community-backed research lab for medical body scanning. New medical spa to open in SF in 2027.
Shakespeare sues Anthropic & Dario Amodei for copyright infringement. New suit filed by 100 authors. Plaintiffs seek up to $71.4 million from Anthropic.

As Anthropic’s valuation as a company grows so do the number of copyright lawsuits against it. Today, Thomas William Shakespeare from London, along with 99 other authors, sued Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei, and co-founder Benjamin Mann in the Northern District of California. All 100 authors allegedly opted out of the Bartz class settlement (with Laura…
Read more: Shakespeare sues Anthropic & Dario Amodei for copyright infringement. New suit filed by 100 authors. Plaintiffs seek up to $71.4 million from Anthropic.
Adobe directors, officers sued again by shareholders for Adobe’s alleged use of SlimPajama dataset to train AI

Adobe directors and officers were sued again by shareholders. Hirschberger v. Narayen, filed in the Northern District of California, is similar to SEIU Pension Plan v. Narayen before Judge Orrick. The theory is that Adobe misrepresented that it was training its AI models on licensed content and instead relied on unlicensed materials in the SlimPajama…
Read more: Adobe directors, officers sued again by shareholders for Adobe’s alleged use of SlimPajama dataset to train AI
Book publishers sue WeLib, “a free digital library platform offering over 43 million books and 98 million academic papers”

After getting a default judgment against Anna’s Archive, Apress Media and other big book publishers are suing WeLib, “a free digital library platform offering over 43 million books and 98 million academic papers.” This is copyright lawsuit No. 116. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE COMPLAINT:
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Karl Kahn sues Anthropic in class action for alleged misrepresentation and false advertising in promoting Max 20x plans for Claude allegedly as “deliver[ing] … twenty times greater” than usage limit for Pro plan.

Karl Kahn sued Anthropic in a proposed class action for alleged misrepresentation and false advertising in promoting Max 20x plans. Kahn alleges: “5. In its offer of monthly subscriptions to Claude, Defendant misleads prospective customers into believing that its higher priced tier for individual subscriptions, Max 20x, delivers expanded usage of twenty times greater than…
Read more: Karl Kahn sues Anthropic in class action for alleged misrepresentation and false advertising in promoting Max 20x plans for Claude allegedly as “deliver[ing] … twenty times greater” than usage limit for Pro plan.
Proposed-Intervenor Dr. Kenneth Saladin loses bid to intervene in Elsevier v. Meta to represent subclass of textbook authors v. publishers

Judge Castel denied, without prejudice and subject to a possible renewed motion when class certification is considered, the motion of Proposed-Intervenor Dr. Kenneth Saladin, a distinguished professor emeritus of biology at Georgia College & State University. Saladin proposed to represent a subclass of textbook authors in the copyright suit mainly publishers filed against Meta and Mark…
Read more: Proposed-Intervenor Dr. Kenneth Saladin loses bid to intervene in Elsevier v. Meta to represent subclass of textbook authors v. publishers
Ted Entertainment opposes Meta’s dismissal motion

Ted Entertainment filed its opposition to Meta’s motion to dismiss Ted Entertainment’s complaint. The case involves a claim of anti-circumvention violation under the DMCA. The case is before Judge Tigar. Ted Entertainment filed similar DMCA suits against Bytedance, NVIDIA, and Snap. Meta’s motion to dismiss is in the link below: Excerpt of Ted Entertainment’s Opposition:
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UMG Recordings files reply in support of leave to file 2d Amended Complaint v. Suno

UMG Recordings filed its reply in support of its motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, adding more than 60,000 works to the scope of the copyright infringement claim. Suno’s opposition is here: The case is before Judge Saylor in the District of Massachusetts. Excerpt of UMG Recordings’ reply: DOWNLOAD THE REPLY OF…
Read more: UMG Recordings files reply in support of leave to file 2d Amended Complaint v. Suno
Anthropic shuts down Fable 5, Mythos class model, after US gov’t imposes export control barring use by foreign nationals.

Public access to Fable 5, the latest Mythos class model of Anthropic, was abruptly shut down on Friday, only a few days after its launch. Anthropic received notice from the U.S. government that it had imposed an export control on Fable 5, barring use of it by any foreign national, here and abroad. As Anthropic…
Read more: Anthropic shuts down Fable 5, Mythos class model, after US gov’t imposes export control barring use by foreign nationals.
New York Times’ contributory infringement claims fails under Supreme Court’s standard set forth in Cox Communications, says OpenAI

The Supreme Court’s recent clarification in Cox Communication v. Sony Music Entertainment that claims for contributory infringement under copyright law requires proof of intentional conduct by a provider of a service has now entered the picture in one of the most important set of cases, In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation. As we predicted, Cox…
Read more: New York Times’ contributory infringement claims fails under Supreme Court’s standard set forth in Cox Communications, says OpenAI
Meta loses bid for quick dismissal of adult video producer Strike 3 Holdings’ copyright case

Judge Eumi Lee denied Meta’s attempt to dismiss the copyright lawsuit filed by the adult video producer Strike 3 Holdings. Meta had argued that the complaint of Strike 3 failed to allege that Meta played a part in the alleged torrenting of adult videos by some employees at Meta perhaps on their own accord. Judge…
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