Chat GPT Is Eating the World

Month: October 2025

The Fair Use Triangle: state of fair use in AI training 2025. No more decisions until mid to late 2026.

Now we know that we won’t have any new decisions on fair use in AI training from other district court judges until mid-2026 at the earliest, let’s take stock of where things stand. 3 Decisions on Fair Use in AI Training: 2 decisions for fair use and 1 against It’s fair (no pun intended) to…
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LinkedIn sues ProAPIs Inc. COMPLAINT

Data is the 21st century digital gold. Sorry, Bitcoin. LinkedIn just filed a complaint against ProAPIs, Inc. for allegedly setting up fake LinkedIn accounts to scrape data from real LinkedIn accounts. Although Defendants conceal how they obtain LinkedIn data, they freely acknowledge that they offer “real-time, detailed data for individual and company LinkedIn profiles” that…
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After successful Sora PR, Sam Altman switches from opt out to opt in for copyright owners.

Predictable, part 2. After getting a lot of media attention over their controversial adoption of a policy requiring copyright holders to “opt out” of Sora’s video generation of their copyrighted characters, Sam Altman announced a switch to something similar to the “opt in” system for images in the likeness of a person, plus other options…
Read more: After successful Sora PR, Sam Altman switches from opt out to opt in for copyright owners.
Judge Saylor grants extension in UMG v. Suno. Next decision on fair use gets delayed again. Judge Lee up next.

Well, it looks like no federal judge wants to be next to decide whether AI training constitutes a fair use. Or, rather, the parties are seeking extensions to their case deadlines, resulting in delays to the summary judgment motions. Today, Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV, presiding over UMG v. Suno in the District of Massachusetts, granted the parties’…
Read more: Judge Saylor grants extension in UMG v. Suno. Next decision on fair use gets delayed again. Judge Lee up next.
Furor over Sora “opt out” for copyright owners. Is Sam Altman gaslighting again?

Predictable. AI models work on predictions based on their identification of patterns during their training. From these pattterns, the AI models can predict what should come next. Something similar seems to be happening every time OpenAI rolls out a shiny new feature. Let’s review. In May 2024, OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT voice, which had as…
Read more: Furor over Sora “opt out” for copyright owners. Is Sam Altman gaslighting again?
Suno opposes Concord Music’s attempt to add DMCA anti-circumveniton violation. Suno says DMCA doesn’t prohibit circumention of anti-copying measure.

Suno filed its opposition to Concord Music’s attempt to amend the complaint to add a DMCA anti-circumvention violation. Suno argues that Concord Music has misread Section 1201: it does not prohibit circumventing an anti-copy measure, but instead, a measure that protects against access (1201(a)(1)). Measures designed to protect against copying are covered in only the…
Read more: Suno opposes Concord Music’s attempt to add DMCA anti-circumveniton violation. Suno says DMCA doesn’t prohibit circumention of anti-copying measure.
Briefing in 9th Circuit in Doe 1 v. Github

We created a dedicated page for the briefing in the Doe 1 v. Github interlocutory appeal in the Ninth Circuit. Check it out here.
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Bartz v. Anthropic notice of compliance with Judge Alsup’s directives. Ask to change final approval hearing date to April 23, 2026

The parties in the Bartz v. Anthropic case filed their notice of compliance with the instructions Judge Alsup gave at the hearing for preliminary approval of the class settlement. They also asked to change the date of the hearing for final approval to one more day from the original date, so on April 23, 2026.…
Read more: Bartz v. Anthropic notice of compliance with Judge Alsup’s directives. Ask to change final approval hearing date to April 23, 2026
OpenAI is eating the world. Launches Sora app, TikTok rival, and “Buy it” in ChatGPT, Amazon rival.

OpenAI is flooding the zone. This week, it launched two new features to compete with TikTok, YouTube, and Amazon. 1. Buy It with Instant Checkout on ChatGPT: The first is the ability to shop on ChatGPT. This adds an alternative source of revenue and creates a potential rival to Amazon and TikTok shop. As more…
Read more: OpenAI is eating the world. Launches Sora app, TikTok rival, and “Buy it” in ChatGPT, Amazon rival.
Munich Regional I Court preliminarily indicates OpenAI liable for copyright infringement of song lyrics. Decision on Nov. 11, 2025.

Florian Mueller of AI Fray provides an excellent summary of the trial held by Landgericht München I (Munich I Regional Court) in the lawsuit filed by GEMA, the collecting society representing authors of musical work, against OpenAI. According to Mueller, “The presiding judge [Presiding Judge Dr. Elke Schwager] left no doubt in her introductory outline…
Read more: Munich Regional I Court preliminarily indicates OpenAI liable for copyright infringement of song lyrics. Decision on Nov. 11, 2025.