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Parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic dispute sampling protocol for Claude prompts and outputs
Read more: Parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic dispute sampling protocol for Claude prompts and outputsInteresting battle over the sample size related to getting Claude prompts and outputs related to the music publishers’ copyrighted lyrics. Plaintiffs: “Publishers’ proposed 24.5-million-record sample will better allow the Parties to analyze both frequent and infrequent occurrences alike, ensuring any conclusions derived from the sample are more reliable and precise.” Anthopic: Proposes a random sample…
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Judge Stein denies OpenAI’s request to reschedule May 22 status conference due to Robert Van Nest’s out of the country. But Judge allows Microsoft teams appearance.
Read more: Judge Stein denies OpenAI’s request to reschedule May 22 status conference due to Robert Van Nest’s out of the country. But Judge allows Microsoft teams appearance.Judge Sidney Stein just denied OpenAI’s request to postpone the May 22 status conference for the MDL litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft. OpenAI made the request because its lead trial counsel Robert A. Van Nest will be out of the country. The Plaintiffs opposed the motion. Judge Stein denied the motion but is allowing Mr.…
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Chief Judge Colm Connolly assigned Ziff Davis v. OpenAI in Delware
Read more: Chief Judge Colm Connolly assigned Ziff Davis v. OpenAI in DelwareChief Judge Colm Connolly has been assigned the new lawsuit, Ziff Davis v. OpenAI, in the District of Delaware. Unclear if this case will be transferred to Judge Stein sitting as MDL court and presiding over all the other copyright suits against OpenAI.
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Parties in Google Gen AI Litigation file mid-discovery report
Read more: Parties in Google Gen AI Litigation file mid-discovery reportThe parties in In re Google Generative AI Litigation filed their mid-discovery case management statement, with vastly different views of how discovery is proceeding. Plaintiffs want more, Google thinks plaintiffs’ requests have been excessive.
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Dow Jones adds Jenner & Block attorneys to legal team in suit v. Perplexity AI
Read more: Dow Jones adds Jenner & Block attorneys to legal team in suit v. Perplexity AIDow Jones just added 3 partners and IP specialists from Jenner & Block to its legal team, joining a group of lawyers from Torridon Group led by William Barr. The Jenner attorneys are:
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Judge Stein orders OpenAI cases to magistrate judge
Read more: Judge Stein orders OpenAI cases to magistrate judgeLast week, in the In re ChatGPT Copyright Infringement Litigation, Judge Stein ordered all the cases against OpenAI and Microsoft to a magistrate judge. Presumably, it’s Magistrate Judge Wang, who is already overseeing discovery in the newspaper and books cases in the Southern District of New York–and doing incredible work.
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Concord Music, Anthropic disagree over sealing parts of First Am. Complaint
Read more: Concord Music, Anthropic disagree over sealing parts of First Am. ComplaintThe parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic dispute whether parts of the First Amended Complaint should sealed. DOWNLOAD THE BRIEFS:
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OpenAI gives up on its plan to convert into for-profit company
Read more: OpenAI gives up on its plan to convert into for-profit companyOpenAI’s Board announced that it has given up on its plan to turn into a for-profit company. Instead, OpenAI will remain a nonprofit and its for-profit LLC, which operates under the control of the nonprofit, “will transition to a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC)–a purpose-driven company structure that has to consider the interests of both shareholders…
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Elon Musk, Tesla fail to settle copyright claim against them for alleged use of Blade Runner still
Read more: Elon Musk, Tesla fail to settle copyright claim against them for alleged use of Blade Runner stillDespite Judge Wu’s recommendation that the parties settle this lawsuit, Elon Musk, Tesla, and Alcon Entertainment reported their failure to settle the copyright claim against Musk and Tesla for allegedly using a substantially similar image drawn from the Blade Runner 2049 movie after the two were unable to license an image from the movie. So,…