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Ted Entertainment opposes Apple’s motion to dismiss DMCA claim

Ted Entertainment filed its opposition to Apple’s motion to dismiss its DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD:
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Judge Labson Freeman strikes Ted Entertainment’s brief for incorrect format on footnotes

Judge Labson Freeman just struck Ted Entertainment’s opposition to OpenAI’s motion to dismiss. The brief filed by Ted Entertainment used footnotes that violated the format and requirements of Judge Labson Freeman’s standing order. The Standing Order states: Ted Entertainment’s brief included (1) footnotes with single spacing (instead of double spacing) and (2) cited legal authorities…
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Anthropic and Round Hill Music skirmish over which set of cases should be related: all music cases v. Anthropic or Round Hill Music’s cases v. Anthropic and Suno

Anthropic and Round Hill Music, which just sued Anthropic and Suno in separate lawsuits, are already skirmishing on which set of cases, if any, the courts should consider related: (1) Round Hill Music v. Anthropic related to the music cases before Judge Lee, Concord Music I and II and BMG v. Anthropic; or (2) Round…
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Latest US Map of AI Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 138

Here’s the latest map of all US copyright suits v. AI companies. Total = 138. Added: Sony Music Publishing v. Anthropic. Plus, updates to judge assignments in Round Hill Music v. Suno, and v. Anthropic.
Read more: Latest US Map of AI Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 138
Sony Music Publishing sues Anthropic

Sony Music Publishing just sued Anthropic for copyright infringement in the Northern District of California. This complaint looks quite similar to Concord Music v. Anthropic II, filed by the same law firm. The Concord cluster of cases are before Judge Lee: Concord Music I and II and BMG v. Anthropic. Expect this new one to…
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First Amendment defenses gaining popularity in AI copyright suits

A week after Anthropic raised a First Amendment defense in response to Daniel Benjamin Gilbert’s copyright suit, Perplexity has done the same in the suit filed against it by Reddit. Elon Musk, Tesla, and Warner Brothers Discovery had already raised a First Amendment defense back in March 2026. To my knowledge, Musk was the first…
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Daniel Benjamin Gilbert, pro se, ups ante in legal maneuvering v. Anthropic’s counterclaim. Gilbert unilaterally agrees not to sue Anthropic re: “training copies” except if from “pirated” source. Seeks partial dismissal of Anthropic’s counterclaim on fair use.

Daniel Benjamin Gilbert, proceeding pro se in his suit against Anthropic, just upped the ante with a legal maneuver of his own. In response to Anthropic’s own maneuver of filing a counterclaim for a declaratory action of fair use against Gilbert above, Gilbert has unilaterally filed as an attachment to his answer to the counterclaim…
Read more: Daniel Benjamin Gilbert, pro se, ups ante in legal maneuvering v. Anthropic’s counterclaim. Gilbert unilaterally agrees not to sue Anthropic re: “training copies” except if from “pirated” source. Seeks partial dismissal of Anthropic’s counterclaim on fair use.
Google files pointed letter refuting Hachette’s arguments v. transfer

The legal skirmish over Google’s anticipated motion to transfer the Hachette v. Google case to the N.D. California intensified in an exchange of pointed letter submitted to Judge Preska Excerpt of Google’s Letter: * * * DOWNLOAD GOOGLE’S LETTER: DOWNLOAD HACHETTE’S LETTER:
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SerpApi seeks another dismissal of Google’s complaint

SerpApi filed a motion to dismiss Google’s First Amended Complaint. The original complaint was dismissed by Judge Gonzalez Rogers for the reasons explained below: Excerpt: DOWNLOAD:
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Google asks Judge Lee to relate newly filed EVOX Productions case to In re Google Gen AI litigation

Google asked Judge Lee to consider relating the newly filed EVOX Productions suit to the ongoing In re Google Generative AI Litigation. EVOX opposes it: GOOGLE MOTION: EVOX PRODUCTIONS Opposition:
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Anthropic asks Judge Lee to relate newly filed Round Hill Music to Concord Music cluster

Anthropic just asked Judge Lee to consider relating the newly filed Round Hill Music lawsuit to the cluster of cases involving Concord Music and BMG. Judge Breyer has been assigned Round Hill. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD:
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Bytedance reply in support of dismissing Ted Entertainment’s suit

Bytedance filed its reply to support its motion to dismiss Ted Entertainment’s DMCA claim. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD REPLY:
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Ted Entertainment opposes dismissal of suit v. OpenAI

It’s interesting to see any copyright lawsuit against OpenAI outside of the MDL litigation before Judge Stein; nearly all such lawsuits have been transferred there. But, for whatever reason, Ted Entertainment’s lawsuit remains in the Northern District of California. Below are the current briefs on the motion to dismiss: Ted Entertainment Opposition: OpenAI Motion to…
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Will courts relate cases with different defendants?

Judge Tigar just referred Ted Entm’t v. Meta to Judge Davila, who presides over Ted Entm’t. v. NVIDIA, for consideration of as a possible related case. It will be interesting to see the outcome. There are a couple other requests or referrals to relate cases involving the same plaintiff(s) but different defendant AI companies. Thus…
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Judge Lin: Department of War violated First Amendment in retaliating v. Anthropic

Judge Rita Lin issued her opinion, granting summary judgment to Anthropic on its First Amendment challenge to the U.S. Department of War’s designation of Anthopic as a “supply chain risk.” Excerpt: DOWNLOAD OPINION: Related Stories:
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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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