September 2025 – Page 7 – Chat GPT Is Eating the World

Updated World Map of All Copyright Suits v. AI co. (Sept. 12, 2025) 74 total

Copyright lawsuits against AI companies are appearing out of the woodworks. New total = 74 suits. 3 other lawsuits added to Canada, which has 10 copyright suits, second to the U.S., which leads at 50 lawsuits. The rest of the world has 13 suits.
Read more: Updated World Map of All Copyright Suits v. AI co. (Sept. 12, 2025) 74 total
OpenAI, Microsoft reach detente. MOU renews partnership.

A lot can change in a blink of an eye in the AI sector. In 2023, OpenAI and Microsoft were joined at the hip and appeared to be happy with that arrangement. But, things soured and just last week, Microsoft agreed to a deal with Anthropic, a competitor. Yesterday, OpenAI announced reaching a MOU with…
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Kadrey’s remaining distribution claim v. Meta

Here’s the schedule for Kadrey’s remaining distribution (via BitTorrenting) claim against Meta: Designation of Experts due by 9/30/2025. Rebuttal Reports due by 10/30/2025. Expert Depositions due by 11/10/2025. Brief 1 due by 11/21/25. Brief 2 due by 12/19/25. Brief 3 due by 1/15/26. Brief 4 due by 1/29/26. Motion Hearing set for 2/12/2026 at 10:00…
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Judge Lee dismisses some infringement claims by visual creators on some models of Google. Also dismisses vicarious infringement claim v. Alphabet.

Judge Eumi Lee granted in part Google’s motion to dismiss the first amended complaint of the visual artists or content creators in In re Google Generative AI Litigation. Judge Lee allowed the infringement claims related to Google’s models: The Court concludes that Plaintiffs plausibly allege copyright infringement as to the models: PaLM, GLaM, LaMDA, Bard,…
Read more: Judge Lee dismisses some infringement claims by visual creators on some models of Google. Also dismisses vicarious infringement claim v. Alphabet.
Concord Music tries to use Bartz book author tactic to get discovery of BitTorrenting by Anthropic and file 2d amended complaint re: shadow libraries

Concord Music is champing at the big (no pun intended) to be able to discover information related to Anthropic’s use of BitTorrenting to download copies of works from shadow libraries. There’s a pending motion for leave to add, in a proposed 2d amended complaint, a new theory of copyright infringement based on Anthropic’s alleged downloading…
Read more: Concord Music tries to use Bartz book author tactic to get discovery of BitTorrenting by Anthropic and file 2d amended complaint re: shadow libraries
Updated World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI (Sept. 11 2025) 71 total

Finally, updated our World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. By our count, there are 21 lawsuits outside the U.S., which has 49 suits. So total suits in the world = 70 copyright suits v. AI companies. OpenAI is the clear leader in copyright lawsuits against it — I think 15 in US and…
Read more: Updated World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI (Sept. 11 2025) 71 total
Updated Map of US copyright suits v. AI (Sept. 11 2025) Cases hit 50.

We updated the Map of US copyright lawsuits against AI companies. We added the just filed suit, Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI. The total lawsuits is now 50 (this number was corrected on Sept. 14, 2025). But 3 were voluntarily dismissed: Brave Software v. Dow Jones, Millette v. Google, and Millette v. NVIDIA. That leaves…
Read more: Updated Map of US copyright suits v. AI (Sept. 11 2025) Cases hit 50.
Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI COMPLAINT (Sept. 10, 2025). 50th copyright lawsuit v. AI

Perplexity was sued again for its answer engine AI platform. Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary sued Perplexity for copyright and trademark infringement in the Southern District of New York. By my count, this is copyright lawsuit No. 50, after Hendrix v. Apple was No. 49. (These numbers were corrected on Sept. 14, 2025.) The irony…
Read more: Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI COMPLAINT (Sept. 10, 2025). 50th copyright lawsuit v. AI
Judge Alsup picks apart inconsistencies and gaps in Bartz’s proposed settlement process. Asks parties to answer 17 questions by Sept. 23.

With a meticulous eye, Judge William Alsup picked apart inconsistencies and gaps in the claims process proposed for the class action settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic. The Judge is clearly concerned about a situation involving multiple copyright holders in a work for which not all elect to opt into the class. He’s also concerned about…
Read more: Judge Alsup picks apart inconsistencies and gaps in Bartz’s proposed settlement process. Asks parties to answer 17 questions by Sept. 23.
Judge Wu tentative ruling that Alcon Entertainment’s direct copyright claim v. Tesla and Elon Musk survive. Contributory infringement claim v. all?

Judge Wu gave his tentative ruling on the defendants’ motion to dismiss the 2d amended complaint in Alcon Entertainment v. Tesla. The hearing is in-person on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 8:30 AM. It sounds like the direct infringement claims against Elon Musk and Tesla remain, plus, although the tentative ruling does not mention it, it…
Read more: Judge Wu tentative ruling that Alcon Entertainment’s direct copyright claim v. Tesla and Elon Musk survive. Contributory infringement claim v. all?

Month: September 2025