December 2024 – Chat GPT Is Eating the World

The Top 5 Stories in U.S. Copyright Lawsuits v. AI in 2024

On the final day of 2024, it’s fitting to identify what we believe were the Top 5 stories in the U.S. copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Our method was completely unscientific, but, nonetheless, perfectly valid. No. 5. Judge Bibas postpones first trial on the day before it was to start It’s not often a nonevent…
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Parties agree to stipulation Anthropic maintains “already implemented Guardrails,” resolving part of motion for preliminary injunction

As Judge Lee strongly recommended at the hearing on Concord Music’s motion for preliminary injunction, the parties have agreed to a stipulation that Anthropic will maintain its “already implemented Guardrails” to stop copyright infringement of the plaintiffs’ lyrics and will do so with respect to future Anthropic models. The Stipulation reads: “”The Parties’ stipulation resolves…
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Kadrey plaintiffs oppose Meta’s proposed sealing of information related to datasets used by Meta

The Kadrey plaintiffs are objecting to Meta’s proposed redactions in discovery related to information about the methods it used to download datasets and the specific datasets used to train its AI model Llama. Plaintiffs respectfully submit this opposition to Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc.’s proposed redactions to the Court’s December 20, 2024 Discovery Order (Dkt. No.…
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Lehrman plaintiffs in voice actor case oppose stay of discover pending potion to dismiss decision

The Lehrman plaintiffs oppose Lovo’s request for a stay pending the court’s resolution of the motion to dismiss.
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Perplexity asks for pre-motion conference in Dow Jones case

Perplexity has asked Judge Katherine Polk Failla for a pre-motion conference according to the Judge’s individual practices. Perplexity has filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jursidiction or, in the alternative, to transfer the case to the Northern District of California.
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Judge Stein sets oral argument for Jan. 14, 2025 in NYT, Daily News, Center for Investigative Reporting suits v. OpenAI, Microsoft

Judge Sydney Stein has set Jan. 14, 2025, 10:30 AM, in Courtroom 23A for oral argument on OpenAI’s and Microsoft’s motions to dismiss most of the claims, including the DMCA CMI claims and state law claims, in the lawsuits brought by New York Times, Daily News, and the Center for Investigative Reporting. Motion to dismiss…
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OpenAI, Microsoft object to Mag. Judge Wang’s denial of discovery in Authors Guild, New York Times suits

OpenAI sought from the New York Times information related to “(1) the Times’s use of nonparties’ generative artificial intelligence (“Gen AI”) tools; (2) the Times’s creation and use of its own Gen AI products; and (3) the Times’s position regarding Gen AI (e.g., positions expressed outside of litigation, knowledge about the training of third-party Gen…
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Lovo asks Judge Oetken to stay discovery pending motion to dismiss

Defendant Lovo has asked Judge Oetken in the Southern District of New York to stay discovery pending the court’s resolution of the pending motion to dismiss.
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9th Circuit issues Briefing Schedule for Doe 1 v. Github interlocutory appeal of DMCA CMI issue

Monday, December 30, 2024: J. Doe Mediation Questionnaire due Friday, January 10, 2025: J. Doe Appeal Transcript Order Due Monday, February 10, 2025: J. Doe Appeal Transcript Due Monday, March 10, 2025: J. Doe Appeal Opening Brief Due Thursday, April 10, 2025: Github, Inc. Appeal Answering Brief Due Microsoft Corporation Appeal Answering Brief Due OpenAI,…
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Thomson Reuters disputes ROSS Intelligence Dec. 23 letter

Judge Bibas asked the parties to submit the following information related to the year of publication of the Westlaw headnotes in question: “ORAL ORDER: Thank you to the parties for providing the native Excel file of D.I. 678 21 to the Court. Please update this file with the year of publication of each headnote in…
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Month: December 2024