March 2025 – Page 3 – Chat GPT Is Eating the World

Magistrate Judge Wang issues Stipulated Order re Training Data Inspection Protocol in the New York Times and newspapers’ case

Magistrate Judge Ona Wang issued a stipulated order regarding the training data inspection protocol in the New York Times and newspapers’ cases. Judge Wang also issued a stipulated order regarding the protective order.
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Magistrate Judge Wang issues Modified Protective Order in Authors Guild case

Magistrate Judge Wang issued a modified stipulated protective order in the Authors Guild and book authors lawsuit.
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Alcon Entertainment opposes motions to dismiss filed by Elon Musk, Tesla, and

Alcon Entertainment, the maker of and copyright holder to Blade Runner 2049, filed its opposition to the motions to dismiss filed by Elon Musk, Tesla, and Warner Brothers Discovery.
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Tremblay plaintiffs want to file second amended complaint to add Microsoft to the ChatGPT Litigation and other claims. OpenAI opposes.

In the In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation, another case in which the David Boies firm appears have taken the lead in the plaintiffs’ case from the Joseph Saveri firm, the plaintiffs are seeking to file a second amended complaint to add Microsoft as a defendant, to expand the scope of works beyond books to include…
Read more: Tremblay plaintiffs want to file second amended complaint to add Microsoft to the ChatGPT Litigation and other claims. OpenAI opposes.
After losing on motion to dismiss, Meta files Answer to Kadrey’s third amended complaint

After losing on its motion to dismiss, Meta filed its answer to Kadrey’s Third Amended Consolidated Complaint. One important admission is that the plaintiffs’ books were in the Books3 dataset. Meta also admits: “it used data from LibGen, Z-Lib, Sci-Hub, Common Crawl, and data collected using its web crawler Spidermate to train one or more…
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Meta seeks a rebuttal expert report and depositions of its experts on “leeching” of files in torrenting

Meta is asking Judge Chabbria to allow them to conduct further expert depositions and to file a rebutal expert report about the process of “leeching” of torrented files (meaning sharing the files with others while also downloading them). Meta says that the Kadrey plaintiffs have invoked leeching in its motion for partial summary judgment, yet,…
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Master chart of copyright, DMCA and other claims in suits v. AI

We compiled a master chart identifying which claims are being asserted against AI companies in the United States in the complaints in the respective cases. This chart includes claims that may have been later dismissed (because it is possible that the courts of appeals take a different view on the claims). We tried to identify…
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Kadrey plaintiffs file unredacted version of brief for summary judgment against Meta. Exposes Meta employees’ comments.

As Judge Chabbria ordered, the Kadrey plaintiffs have filed their largely unredacted brief for partial summary judgment finding infringement by Meta. (The redacted parts relate to confidential information subject the sealing order for the case.) In the unredacted brief, we get a greater glimpse of Meta’s internal discussions related to the controversial Library Genesis dataset.…
Read more: Kadrey plaintiffs file unredacted version of brief for summary judgment against Meta. Exposes Meta employees’ comments.
Thaler v. Perlmutter: D.C. Circuit agrees with Copyright Office: AI autonomously generated work doesn’t qualify as “author” in Copyright Act. Court avoids deciding what level of human contribution does qualify as authorship.

In a decision that surprised no one, the D.C. Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court, which upheld the Copyright Office’s denial of the registration for a visual image that Stephen Thaler asserted was created autonomously through his AI called the Creativity Machine. Thaler’s application for registration listed the AI as the sole author.…
Read more: Thaler v. Perlmutter: D.C. Circuit agrees with Copyright Office: AI autonomously generated work doesn’t qualify as “author” in Copyright Act. Court avoids deciding what level of human contribution does qualify as authorship.
After adding White & Case lawyers, ROSS Intelligence asks Judge Bibas to certify copyrightability and fair use for interlocutory appeal

After adding lawyers from White & Case, including appellate specialists, ROSS Intelligence asks Judge Bibas to certify copyrightability of headnotes and fair use questions to Third Circuit for interlocutory appeal. ROSS cites Judge Bibas’ own conflicting decisions. This seems like a long shot with the trial date in May looming. But this case has had…
Read more: After adding White & Case lawyers, ROSS Intelligence asks Judge Bibas to certify copyrightability and fair use for interlocutory appeal

Month: March 2025