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Judge Chhabria grants extension to schedule in Kadrey v. Meta
Read more: Judge Chhabria grants extension to schedule in Kadrey v. MetaJudge Chhabria granted the parties’ request for an extension to the scheduling order of 50 and 60 days to the deadlines, in light of “new evidence” Meta recently discovered and produced to the Kadrey plaintiffs. After Judge Chhabria’s momentous grant of partial summary judgment on fair use to Meta, this case has become relatively quiet.…
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More amici briefs for ROSS Intelligence. Foundation for American Innovation. Abraham Kang & Kunal Patel.
Read more: More amici briefs for ROSS Intelligence. Foundation for American Innovation. Abraham Kang & Kunal Patel.ROSS Intelligence received a couple more late amici brief filings. One by the Foundation for American Innovation. The other by Abraham Kang and Kunal Patel. DOWNLOAD AMICUS BRIEF OF FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION DOWNLOAD AMICI BRIEF FOR ABRAHAM KANG & KUNAL PATEL
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OpenAI flirts with more copyright suits as it prepares video generator reportedly using copyrighted outputs subject to opt out
Read more: OpenAI flirts with more copyright suits as it prepares video generator reportedly using copyrighted outputs subject to opt outFourteen copyright lawsuits in the United States apparently isn’t enough for OpenAI. Per the Wall Street Journal, “OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyright material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear, according to people familiar with the matter.” If OpenAI…
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Geoffrey Hinton: AI can develop “maternal instincts,” avoid doomsday scenarios
Read more: Geoffrey Hinton: AI can develop “maternal instincts,” avoid doomsday scenariosGeoffrey Hinton recently articulated a vision for AI’s development that is less of a doomsday scenario posing an existential threat to humanity. The solution: AI can develop empathy for humans, what Hinton calls a “maternal instinct.” Take a listen. I think there is a way that we can co-exist with things that are smarter and…
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Judge Hellerstein grants extension of discovery in UMG v. Uncharted Labs
Read more: Judge Hellerstein grants extension of discovery in UMG v. Uncharted LabsAs stipulated jointly by the parties, Judge Hellerstein granted an extension to the scheduling order. Currently, UMG is seeking leave to amend to add an anti-circumvention violation under the DMCA due to alleged “stream ripping” of sound recordings on YouTube videos. Expect Judge Hellerstein to grant this motion. The parties requested 2 months more of…
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Brief of Amici Curiae Randy Goebel and Larry Ullman dispute “non-generative” AI distinction in ROSS decision
Read more: Brief of Amici Curiae Randy Goebel and Larry Ullman dispute “non-generative” AI distinction in ROSS decisionThe Brief of Amici Curiae Randy Goebel and Larry Ullman disagree with Judge Bibas’s distinction of “non-generative” AI.
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Just filed: Brief of Copyright Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant ROSS Intelligence
Read more: Just filed: Brief of Copyright Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant ROSS IntelligenceThe Brief of Copyright Law Professors in Support of Appellant ROSS Intelligence was filed today. I was happy to be a part of it. We argue that ROSS Intelligence’s use of a select number of headnotes to train its model that produces no infringing outputs (in fact, just quotes from uncopyrightable judicial opinions) was a…
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Follow the briefing in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. 1st appeal of fair use decision.
Read more: Follow the briefing in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. 1st appeal of fair use decision.We created a dedicated page to track all the briefing before the Third Circuit in the Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence case. Just click here or on the image below: *Full disclosure: I participated in one of the amici briefs filed on behalf of Copyright Law Professors in Support of ROSS Intelligence. Related Stories
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Judge Tigar rejects Nazemian’s attempt to get discovery of datasets beyond Complaint
Read more: Judge Tigar rejects Nazemian’s attempt to get discovery of datasets beyond ComplaintJudge Tigar upheld Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim’s ruling that denied Nazemian’s request to discover datasets from NVIDIA beyond the ones stated in the Complaint. Related Stories