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Expressing skepticism of both sides’ arguments, Judge Chhabria poses 12 Questions on fair use & pirated books
Read more: Expressing skepticism of both sides’ arguments, Judge Chhabria poses 12 Questions on fair use & pirated booksAhead of Thursday’s hearing on the summary judgment motions, Judge Chhabria issued an order at 3 PM PT for the parties’ lawyers to be prepared to answer. These are all excellent questions–showing the Judge has dissected the parties’ arguments with probing scrutiny. If I were a lawyer doing the argument, I would not be getting…
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Judge Stein stays all deadlines in 12 lawsuits v. OpenAI in MDL. Conference set for May 22, 10 AM in New York.
Read more: Judge Stein stays all deadlines in 12 lawsuits v. OpenAI in MDL. Conference set for May 22, 10 AM in New York.Judge Sidney Stein, presiding as the MultiDistrict Litigation court, has stayed all deadlines in the 12 transferred copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft. He has set May 22, 10 AM ET, for the Initial Case Management Conference. To prepare for the conference, he has asked the parties for a single report addressing the appointment of…
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OpenAI, Microsoft file Answer to New York Times 1st amended complaint. Times wants to file 2d amended complaint.
Read more: OpenAI, Microsoft file Answer to New York Times 1st amended complaint. Times wants to file 2d amended complaint.OpenAI and Microsoft filed their respective Answers to the New York Times’ First Amended Complaint. Meanwhile, the Times already has sought leave to file a Second Amended Complaint to fix their dismissed DMCA CMI 1202(b)(1) claim. Excerpt from OpenAI Answer: DOWNLOAD THE ANSWERS BELOW: Related Stories
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Thomson Reuters opposes petition for interlocutory appeal of fair use and copyright ability of headnotes
Read more: Thomson Reuters opposes petition for interlocutory appeal of fair use and copyright ability of headnotesThomson Reuters filed its opposition to ROSS Intelligence’s petition to the Third Circuit for interlocutory appeal. Since Judge Bibas sits on the Third Circuit, his certification of the two questions has to carry some weight with his colleagues. Plus, the fair use question is one that has the potential of disposing the entire lawsuit. Honestly,…
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Parties in Andersen v. Stability AI file Joint Status Report ahead of April 29 hearing
Read more: Parties in Andersen v. Stability AI file Joint Status Report ahead of April 29 hearingThe parties in Andersen v. Stability AI have filed their joint status report ahead of the April 29 hearing. For the first copyright lawsuit filed against an AI company (other than ROSS Intelligence), this case has slowed down to a snail’s pace.
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Parties in Suno v. UMG Recordings agree to digital copies of sound recordings deposited in Copyright Office
Read more: Parties in Suno v. UMG Recordings agree to digital copies of sound recordings deposited in Copyright OfficeMeanwhile, Suno appears to be fine with the digital copies of the deposit copies in the Copyright Office for UMG Recordings’ deposit copies.
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Udio opposes UMG Recordings motion to reconsider court’s order on discovery of “deposit copies” of music recordings
Read more: Udio opposes UMG Recordings motion to reconsider court’s order on discovery of “deposit copies” of music recordingsUdio opposes UMG Recordings’ motion for reconsideration of the court’s ruling that UMG must produce deposit copies of all sound recordings that form the basis for its claim of copyright infringement. Related Stories
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Music publishers Concord Music file amended complaint v. Anthropic. Adds new allegations of third party users generating lyrics on Claude.
Read more: Music publishers Concord Music file amended complaint v. Anthropic. Adds new allegations of third party users generating lyrics on Claude.Concord Music filed a First Amended Complaint against Anthropic. The amended complaint adds approximately 13 new pages, with allegations of third-party users (real world) generation of infringing copies of the copyright holders’ lyrics through Anthropic’s AI model Claude. Excerpts of the new allegations by music publishers: DOWNLOAD THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT: