Month: March 2025

Changshu People’s Court in China recognizes human creator was author of image generated thru prompts on Midjourney and edits on Photoshop

Similar to the decision of the Beijing Internet Court, the Changshu People’s Court recently found an image a person generated through a series of prompts on Midjourney with some editing on Photoshop qualified as a work of authorship under China’s copyright law. (More from Technology’s Legal Edge.) Hu Yue, Deputy Director of the court’s Intellectual…
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Infographic on which AI companies face most copyright lawsuits

We created a new infographic to show which AI companies have been sued the most for alleged copyright infringement. Hands down, OpenAI is No. 1 with 15 lawsuits. Second is Microsoft, a partner with OpenAI and sued together with OpenAI in 12 lawsuits. AI companies with most copyright lawsuits (*counting consolidated cases for each lawsuit…
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World Map of copyright lawsuits v. AI (Mar. 29, 2025)

We added cases in the Netherlands and South Korea to our World Map of all copyright lawsuits against AI. Download the PDF below: Related Stories
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Anthropic files summary judgment motion on fair use in case by Bartz and other writers

In addition to Meta’s motion for partial summary judgment on fair use, we now have a second motion, this one brought by Anthropic, in the lawsuit filed by Andrea Bartz and other writers. Here’s a preview of the arguments by Anthropic: Download the brief below: Related Stories:
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Studio Ghibli v. OpenAI: is this the next U.S. copyright lawsuit to drop?

We are not in the prediction business. But the last time we made a prediction we were right. That was way back on January 10, 2023 when we predicted the first class-action copyright lawsuit against AI. A few days later, on January 14, 2023, Sarah Andersen and other visual artists filed that lawsuit against Stability…
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What’s all the fuss about OpenAI’s new image generator in ChatGPT?

OpenAI just released its latest image generator, which is built within ChatGPT. Reviewers have raved about it, touting it as a game changer. We haven’t had time to test it our ourselves. But here are some reviews: ChatGPT includes editing features — they are important if you want to copyright your works in the United…
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Judge Chhabria sternly warns Meta not to hold back relevant discovery, citing “magnitude of this case”

Judge Chhabria is not one to mince words. Once again, he’s stressed he importance of the Kadrey v. Meta lawsuit. Plus, he has given another stern warning to Meta to refrain from engaging in any discovery abuse. ORDER: The Court declines at this late stage to address the plaintiffs’ assertion (in their 487 opposition to…
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Judge Stein dismisses some, but not all claims v. OpenAI and Microsoft in the newspapers cases (New York Times, Daily News, Center for Inv. Reporting)

Today has turned out to be Rule on Motions to Dismiss Day. On the heels of Judge Lee’s dismissal of some claims of Concord Music against Anthropic earlier this morning, Judge Stein just issued an order dismissing some, but not all of the claims OpenAI and Microsoft sought to be dismissed. (Other than the assertion…
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Anthropic scores dismissal of secondary liability, DMCA CMI claims of Concord Music. Judge Lee grants leave to amend.

Anthropic just scored a decent victory at the motion to dismiss stage. Judge Lee granted Anthropic’s motions to dismiss the music publishers Concord Music and others’ claims against Anthropic
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Magistrate Judge Van Keulen decides discovery disputes in Concord Music v. Anthropic

In Concord Music v. Anthropic, Magistrate Judge Van Keulen resolved some discovery disputes:
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