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Judge Stein issues opinion denying OpenAI’s motion to dismiss claim based on allegations of some infringing outputs. Court points to example of summary from Game of Thrones book.
Read more: Judge Stein issues opinion denying OpenAI’s motion to dismiss claim based on allegations of some infringing outputs. Court points to example of summary from Game of Thrones book.Judge Stein just issued his order denying OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the Class Plaintiffs’ claim as to infringing outputs. Judge Stein found sufficient allegations to state a claim. Judge Stein used an example of a summary generated for Game of Thrones: “the output summarizing George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones from his A Song…
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Updated Map of US copyright suits v. AI (Oct. 27, 2025) Total = 57 suits
Read more: Updated Map of US copyright suits v. AI (Oct. 27, 2025) Total = 57 suitsWe updated the Map of US copyright lawsuits against AI companies, to include the recently filed Woulard v. Suno, a sister suit to Woulard v. Uncharted Labs in the Northern District of Illinois. The new total = 57 US copyright lawsuits.
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Book Authors spar with OpenAI, Microsoft over discovery related to books datasets, Bing Index, waiver of attorney-client privilege
Read more: Book Authors spar with OpenAI, Microsoft over discovery related to books datasets, Bing Index, waiver of attorney-client privilegeOn October 29, Magistrate Judge Ona Wang will hold a discovery conference to go over disputes between the parties. Let’s take a look at the discovery disputes between the book authors (aka “class” plaintiffs) and OpenAI and Microsoft. Issues: Positions of the parties DOWNLOAD THE CHARTS OF THE PARTIES
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Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.
Read more: Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.The U.S. copyright lawsuits against AI companies continue unabated. Here are the Top 5 news items: 1. Apple joins the copyright party. Although Apple has been roundly criticized for its slow development of Apple Intelligence, that hasn’t stopped book authors from suing Apple for copyright infringement in proposed class actions. In addition to the earlier…
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Wall St. Journal graphic on AI circular deals. Did WSJ do it better than Bloomberg?
Read more: Wall St. Journal graphic on AI circular deals. Did WSJ do it better than Bloomberg?A good graphic represents complex ideas in a way easy to understand. Earlier this month, I said that Bloomberg made the best graphic depicting circular deals among AI companies. Not to be outdone, the Wall Street Journal came up with its own graphic. The WSJ graphic is simpler than Bloomberg’s. Which do you like better?…
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OpenAI building a music generator to compete with Suno. Will it prompt licensing or copyright lawsuits?
Read more: OpenAI building a music generator to compete with Suno. Will it prompt licensing or copyright lawsuits?OpenAI is really eating the world. After just launching a TikTok style, AI video generator Sora 2, OpenAI reportedly is building a music generator to compete with Suno (which itself faces 2 copyright lawsuits in the United States, one filed by UMG Recordings and the other by Anthony Justice). This isn’t surprising. Music generation is…
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Parties in In re Mosaic file letter for dispute over search terms and interrogatories for Plaintiffs
Read more: Parties in In re Mosaic file letter for dispute over search terms and interrogatories for PlaintiffsThe parties filed a letter with Magistrate Judge Cisneros about the search terms plaintiffs must use to check its own data (ESI) and lack of responses to interrogatories of the defendants. On first impression, what defendants seek sounds reasonable. But we shall see what Judge Cisneros thinks.
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Anthony Justice files motion to correct/amend unopposed motion for leave to file amended complaint
Read more: Anthony Justice files motion to correct/amend unopposed motion for leave to file amended complaintAnthony Justice filed a motion to Amend/Correct Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Amended Class Action Complaint and Supporting Memorandum of Law. “Plaintiffs hereby Request leave to file an Amended Class Action Complaint to (1) add an additional party [My Heartland Publishing], (2) add supporting facts for all claims, and (3) add an additional cause…
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Magistrate Judge Levenson grants in part Suno’s request for discovery re: UMG’s intent to rely on licensing agreements in Factor 4 fair use analysis
Read more: Magistrate Judge Levenson grants in part Suno’s request for discovery re: UMG’s intent to rely on licensing agreements in Factor 4 fair use analysisMagistrate Judge Levenson issued an electronic order in the UMG Recordings v. Suno suit: “ELECTRONIC ORDER entered GRANTING in part and DENYING in part the discovery requests as set forth in 153 Letter/request (non-motion): The first part deals with identifying the documents for which UMG is asserting privilege related to UMG’s decision to bring the…
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Pres. Trump cites calls from Salesforce’s Benioff, NVIDIA’s Huang as reason for not sending troops into SF
Read more: Pres. Trump cites calls from Salesforce’s Benioff, NVIDIA’s Huang as reason for not sending troops into SFPresident Trump said he received calls from Salesforce’s Marc Benioff, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, and other “friends” as the reason why he decided against sending troops into San Francisco. UPDATE: WSJ reported that Sam Altman also called the President. According to WSJ, “[Huang] called Trump Wednesday, gave him Lurie’s phone number and told him the mayor…