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Judge Orrick upholds barring Dr. Ben Zhao from confidential datasets of Stability AI, Midjourney. Major discovery win for defendants.
Read more: Judge Orrick upholds barring Dr. Ben Zhao from confidential datasets of Stability AI, Midjourney. Major discovery win for defendants.Not surprisingly, Judge Orrick upheld Magistrate Judge Cisneros’ ruling that barred the expert for Andersen artist plaintiffs, Dr. Ben Zhao, from accessing the confidential datasets and information of the defendants Stability AI, Midjourney, and others. Dr. Zhao is famous for developing self-help tools for artists, such as Nightshade, to “poison” copies of their works online…
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Will Anthropic’s announced settlement of book authors’ class action copyright suit have domino effect on other lawsuits? Reasons yes and no.
Read more: Will Anthropic’s announced settlement of book authors’ class action copyright suit have domino effect on other lawsuits? Reasons yes and no.After two and a half years since the first lawsuit against AI companies was filed in January 2023, we had in 1 week the first 2 announced settlements (pending court approval). First, the parties in the copyright suit filed by voice actors Vacker against ElevenLabs announced a settlement after mediation (the role of ADR we…
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Updated Master chart of copyright, DMCA and other claims in suits v. AI (Aug. 27 2025)
Read more: Updated Master chart of copyright, DMCA and other claims in suits v. AI (Aug. 27 2025)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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Alcon Entertainment opposes motion to dismiss Second Amended Complaint
Read more: Alcon Entertainment opposes motion to dismiss Second Amended ComplaintAlcon Entertainment filed its opposition to Tesla’s motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint. Alcon’s brief gets into the weeds of the pleading requirements of Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Outline of Alcon’s argument: Outline of Tesla’s argument: DOWNLOAD ALCON’S BRIEF DOWNLOAD TESLA’S BRIEF Related Stories
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Latest Map of copyright suits v. AI companies. 2 cases tentatively settle. (Aug. 27, 2025).
Read more: Latest Map of copyright suits v. AI companies. 2 cases tentatively settle. (Aug. 27, 2025).As the parties in 2 cases (Bartz v. Anthropic and Vacker v. Eleven Labs) announced reaching settlements in principle after respective mediations, the latest updated map of all copyright lawsuits in the US against AI companies looks like this (below). The cases in the red rectangles are the 2 cases in which tentative settlements have…
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Anthropic, Bartz book authors reach a class settlement. Wow. The dominoes are falling.
Read more: Anthropic, Bartz book authors reach a class settlement. Wow. The dominoes are falling.BREAKING NEWS: After mediation, Anthropic reaches a settlement with Bartz book authors, including class-wide. It will still need to be approved by Judge Alsup, but that seems very likely. This is now the second settlement announced in the past week in the AI copyright litigation. Which domino will drop next? UPDATE: Judge Alsup immediately signed…
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Parties in Vacker v. Eleven Labs tell judge they’ve reached a settlement. 1st in the AI copyright litigation.
Read more: Parties in Vacker v. Eleven Labs tell judge they’ve reached a settlement. 1st in the AI copyright litigation.We have the first settlement in the AI copyright litigation. The parties in Vacker v. Eleven Labs told Judge Andrews they’ve reached a settlement after mediation. This is the first settlement in any of the 48 copyright lawsuits filed against AI companies. This case involved voice actors’ claims against Eleven Labs for misappropriation, right of…
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Meta’s new AI head Alexandr Wang announces partnership w/ Midjourney. Does it add more insurance for copyright suits v. Midjourney?
Read more: Meta’s new AI head Alexandr Wang announces partnership w/ Midjourney. Does it add more insurance for copyright suits v. Midjourney?On Friday, Meta’s new head of AI, Alexandr Wang, announced a partnership with Midjourney, the generator for images and videos. It’s not surprising that Meta would try to bolster its AI models by partnering with Midjourney, which provides one of the leading image generators. More intriguing is Midjourney’s potential fortification from any adverse judgments in…