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Bartz book authors face new foe: ClaimsHero firm seeking to represent book authors who opt out. Bartz asks Judge Alsup for expedited hearing on Nov. 12, 2025.
Read more: Bartz book authors face new foe: ClaimsHero firm seeking to represent book authors who opt out. Bartz asks Judge Alsup for expedited hearing on Nov. 12, 2025.The Bartz book authors, who were successful in securing a $1.5 billion settlement in their copyright suit against Anthropic, now face a new foe: an Arizona based firm called ClaimsHero, which touts itself as “a platform and law firm dedicated to helping individuals seamlessly collect what’s theirs.“ On its website, ClaimsHero tracks class actions, especially…
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Apple chooses Google’s AI model to power new Siri. Google AI model has least exposure to Shadow Library copyright lawsuits.
Read more: Apple chooses Google’s AI model to power new Siri. Google AI model has least exposure to Shadow Library copyright lawsuits.As Bloomberg first reported, Apple has chosen to use Google’s AI model to power the new Siri. Apple will pay Google $1 billion a year for use of its AI model. Meanwhile, Google pays Apple $20 billion a year to be the default search engine in Safari. Why this deal makes sense Putting aside the…
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Amazon sues Perplexity for alleged violations of Computer Fraud & Abuse Act
Read more: Amazon sues Perplexity for alleged violations of Computer Fraud & Abuse ActAmazon just sued Perplexity AI for allegedly enabling people to use its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases on Amazon. Reads the Complaint: “It is about a company that, after repeated notice, chose to disguise an automated “agentic” browser as a human user, to evade Amazon’s technological barriers, and to access private customer accounts without…
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Judge Kronstadt consolidates Disney and Warner Brothers’ suit v. Midjourney
Read more: Judge Kronstadt consolidates Disney and Warner Brothers’ suit v. MidjourneyThe order: “ORDER RE JOINT STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES (DKT. 21 ) by Judge John A. Kronstadt. The Stipulation is APPROVED as follows: Disney Enterprises Inc. et al. v. Midjourney, Inc., Case No. 2:25-cv-05275-JAK-AJR (“Disney”) and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al. v. Midjourney Inc., No. 2:25-cv-08376-JAK-E (“Warner Bros.”) are CONSOLIDATED for all purposes, including…
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Judge Polk Failla sets discovery hearing on Nov. 24 in Dow Jones v. Perplexity
Read more: Judge Polk Failla sets discovery hearing on Nov. 24 in Dow Jones v. PerplexityJudge Polk Failla set a discovery hearing for Nov. 24, 2025 to resolve a dispute, but also required the parties counsel to meet and confer as required by local rules. Related Stories
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Bartz book authors seek order from Judge Alsup v. allegedly misleading overture by ClaimsHero firm to opt out of class
Read more: Bartz book authors seek order from Judge Alsup v. allegedly misleading overture by ClaimsHero firm to opt out of classJudge Alsup issued an order last night expressing concerns with some changes to the class notice made by Class Counsel in Bartz v. Anthropic. But that wasn’t even the big news. After that order, the Bartz book authors, through Class Counsel, filed a motion for Judge Alsup to issue an order limiting the overtures that…
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Disney, Universal City Studios, Warner Brothers Ent. ask Judge Kronstadt to consolidate cases v. Midjourney
Read more: Disney, Universal City Studios, Warner Brothers Ent. ask Judge Kronstadt to consolidate cases v. MidjourneyNo surprise: The movie studios Disney, Universal City Studios, and Warner Brothers have asked Judge Kronstadt to consolidate their two related lawsuits. Expect the Judge to do so.
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Magistrate Judge van Keulen agrees with Anthropic that it should be allowed interrogatory discovery of Concord Music’s attempts to prompt Claude to produce infringing lyrics
Read more: Magistrate Judge van Keulen agrees with Anthropic that it should be allowed interrogatory discovery of Concord Music’s attempts to prompt Claude to produce infringing lyricsMagistrate Judge van Keulen agreed with Anthropic that it should be allowed discovery into Concord Music’s attempt to get Claude to produce infringing lyrics. The Judge ruled: “The Court hereby GRANTS Anthropic’s request and orders Publishers to disclose to Anthropic (a) the total number of the Publishers’ (or their agents’) prompt-output pairs that are encompassed…
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NVIDIA opposes Nazemian attempt to amend the complaint
Read more: NVIDIA opposes Nazemian attempt to amend the complaintNVIDIA opposes Nazemian plaintiffs’ attempt to amend the complaint to expand the allegations related to NVIDIA’s use of shadow libraries, as well as vicarious and contributory infringement claims. (Nazemian himself wants to voluntarily drop out of the case, leaving Dubus.) Excerpts from NVIDIA’s Brief Related Stories DOWNLOAD NVIDIA’S BRIEF
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Perplexity seeks to dismiss some of copyright claims by Encyclopaedia Britannica
Read more: Perplexity seeks to dismiss some of copyright claims by Encyclopaedia BritannicaPerplexity filed a motion to dismiss some of the copyright claims filed by Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster’s related to direct infringement allegedly in outputs of Perplexity AI’s answer engine and the specific works allegedly infringed. Excerpts of Perplexity’s brief DOWNLOAD PERPLEXITY’S BRIEF Related Stories