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Musk v. Altman: The battle of the law professors. Parties spar over Peter Frumkin, Daniel Hemel, John Coates’ expert testimony, some in rebuttal to Musk’s expert David Schizer.

The Trial of the Century is set to begin in Musk v. Altman on April 27, 2026. The parties have been filing their pre-trial papers that we will preview this month. First up is the interesting skirmish between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over Altman’s three experts who are prominent law professors in the area…
Read more: Musk v. Altman: The battle of the law professors. Parties spar over Peter Frumkin, Daniel Hemel, John Coates’ expert testimony, some in rebuttal to Musk’s expert David Schizer.
OpenAI announced $110B funding by Amazon, NVIDIA, and Softbank

OpenAI announced a $110 billion round in funding from Amazon, NVIDIA, and Softbank. OpenAI is spending a fortune so it needs to continue to raise funds.
Read more: OpenAI announced $110B funding by Amazon, NVIDIA, and Softbank
Summary judgment, trial gets pushed back in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Next fair use decision in AI training might not be until Fall 2026

It will likely be well over a year since the fair use decisions of Judge Alsup and Judge Chhabria before we have another federal judge weigh in on fair use. Their decisions came on June. 23 and June 25, 2025, respectively. Judge Lee, upon the stipulation of the parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic, just…
Read more: Summary judgment, trial gets pushed back in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Next fair use decision in AI training might not be until Fall 2026
Trump orders federal government agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI. Anthropic opposed military’s use of AI for autonomous warfare or mass surveillance.

The controversy related to the U.S. military’s contract with Anthropic for the use of its AI escalated. After a couple days of intense negotiations between Anthropic and the Department of War, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI, Claude, with a phase out in the next 6 months: How Did We…
Read more: Trump orders federal government agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI. Anthropic opposed military’s use of AI for autonomous warfare or mass surveillance.
U.S. Supreme Court could take up its first AI case. Thaler v. Perlmutter involves question of authorship & AI.

Today, the Supreme Court meets in conference to decide whether to grant (or reject) pending cert petitions. Among them is the petition in Thaler v. Perlmutter. It asks: For a variety of reasons, I now believe the chances are very high the Supreme Court agrees to hearThaler‘s case. To briefly summarize my reasons: You can…
Read more: U.S. Supreme Court could take up its first AI case. Thaler v. Perlmutter involves question of authorship & AI.
Judge Thompson recuses herself from John Carreyrou v. Google. Anthropic adds its own motion to sever Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. the AI industry.

Book author John Carreyrou’s bold attempt to pursue an omnibus copyright lawsuit against the U.S. AI industry appears possibly splintering apart. Google already filed a motion to sever. And today Anthropic followed suit (see below). We can expect the same motions to sever from Meta, Perplexity AI, and xAI. The case against OpenAI has already…
Read more: Judge Thompson recuses herself from John Carreyrou v. Google. Anthropic adds its own motion to sever Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. the AI industry.
Latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 112 (Feb 25, 2026)

The last World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. The new total is 112 copyright suits = 85 U.S. suits + 27 suits in the rest of the world. OpenAI was just sued in South Korea by broadcasters KBS, MBC, and SBS. Recent U.S. cases added: Carreyrou v. OpenAI, Chmura v. Snap, Gardner v. Runway AI, and Ace…
Read more: Latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 112 (Feb 25, 2026)
Latest U.S. Map of All Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 85 suits (Feb. 25, 2026).

Here is the latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. New total = 85 copyright suits. Recent cases added: Carreyrou v. OpenAI, Chmura v. Snap, Gardner v. Runway AI, and Ace Cam v. Runway AI. Worldwide, the new total = 112 copyright suits. Download the PDF of the map with clickable links to…
Read more: Latest U.S. Map of All Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 85 suits (Feb. 25, 2026).
OpenAI is 1st US AI company sued in copyright case in South Korea filed by KBS, MBC, SBS broadcasters. Total = 112 copyright suits v. AI in world.

Three Korean broadcasters KBS, MBC, and SBS sued OpenAI for copyright infringement in the alleged use of their news content. This is copyright lawsuit No. 112 against AI companies around the world. OpenAI leads the total count for an AI company with the most lawsuits against it. The Korean Broadcasting Association issued a press release,…
Read more: OpenAI is 1st US AI company sued in copyright case in South Korea filed by KBS, MBC, SBS broadcasters. Total = 112 copyright suits v. AI in world.
Judge Lin dismisses Elon Musk’s xAI trade scret theft lawsuit v. OpenAI. But allows leave to amend complaint.

Judge Lin granted OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Elon Musk’s xAI’s complaint for alleged trade secret theft related to former xAI employees hired by OpenAI. But Judge Lin allowed xAI leave to amend the complaint to provide sufficient allegations of a trade secret violation. DOWNLOAD THE ORDER OF DISMISSAL
Read more: Judge Lin dismisses Elon Musk’s xAI trade scret theft lawsuit v. OpenAI. But allows leave to amend complaint.
DMCA strikes yet again: Ace Cam v. Runway AI. Total = 85 copyright suits v. AI

The rash of DMCA anti-circumvention claims related to YouTube videos against AI companies continues. These lawsuits might be exploiting one advantage over a traditional copyright infringement suit: unlike a copyright infringement claim, a DMCA claim does not require a copyright registration to file a lawsuit but, at the same time, allows its own DMCA statutory…
Read more: DMCA strikes yet again: Ace Cam v. Runway AI. Total = 85 copyright suits v. AI
NVIDIA moves to dismiss YouTube creator Ted Entertainment’s complaint for failing to state a DMCA violation for an access-control to YouTube videos

NVIDIA moved to dismiss YouTube creator Ted Entertainment’s complaint. NVIDIA argues that the complaint fails to allege any access-control to YouTube videos, and the DMCA does not prohibit circumvention of copying controls (due to concerns about fair use). This issue has already been brief in other litigation, including the cases against Suno. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD NVIDIA’S…
Read more: NVIDIA moves to dismiss YouTube creator Ted Entertainment’s complaint for failing to state a DMCA violation for an access-control to YouTube videos
Gardner, YouTube creator, sues Runway AI. Copyright cases hit 84.

The recent rash of DMCA anti-circumvention cases continues. David Gardner sued Runway AI in a proposed class action complaint for an alleged violation of the DMCA anti-circumvention provision, 1201(a), in relation to YouTube videos. YouTube creators have recently filed lawsuits in other cases, including Ted Entertainment v. NVIDIA, Ted Entertainment v. Meta, Ted Entertaintment v.…
Read more: Gardner, YouTube creator, sues Runway AI. Copyright cases hit 84.
SerpApi moves to dismiss Google’s suit for scraping

SerpApi has moved to dismiss Google’s complaint. It’s a rare case in which an AI company has sued a tech company for alleged DMCA anti-circumvention violations related to scraping of content. Excerpts: DOWNLOAD THE MOTION Related Stories
Read more: SerpApi moves to dismiss Google’s suit for scraping
Following a joint stipulation, Judge Thompson severs Carreyrou v. OpenAI for transfer to MDL

The first domino in the omnibus copyright lawsuit filed by book author John Carreyrou v. Anthopic has dropped. Following a joint stipulation by the relevant parties, Judge Thompson issued an order severing Carreyrou v. OpenAI so it can be transferred to the MDL Litigation, where it most likely will be stayed while the rest of…
Read more: Following a joint stipulation, Judge Thompson severs Carreyrou v. OpenAI for transfer to MDL

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 Feb. 25, 2026. Current total = 85 suits in U.S. (6 of which voluntarily dismissed).

World Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Feb. 25, 2026. Current total = 112 copyright suits.

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 Dec. 3, 2025

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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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