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Month: December 2025

Attack the Sound v. Kunlun Tech: Copyright suits v. AI hit 66. 67 is next. 2d U.S. suit v. Chinese co. for Mureka AI music generator.

David Woulard filed his third copyright lawsuit against another music generator, in addition to his suits against Udio and Suno. This one is against the Chinese Company Kunlun Tech Co. and its subsidiary Skywork AI for their AI music generator Mureka AI. This is the 66th copyright lawsuit filed against an AI company in the…
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Anthropic objects to attorneys’ fees for Non-Class Counsel. Suggests lodestar method may be better than % for Class Counsel.

Interesting filing by Anthropic contesting the Plaintiffs’ motion for attorneys’ fees. The main dispute is that Anthropic argues that the “extraordinary” amount sought for Non-Class Counsel who helped in the litigation is not warranted. Without taking a position on the precise fee award, Anthropic also suggests that the award sought by Class Counsel would be…
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As parties in Suno lawsuit seek extension, all signs point to Judge Lee as the next to decide fair use on summary judgment

The parties in UMG Recordings v. Suno have asked Judge Saylor to amend the Amended Scheduling order by roughly 3 months due to ongoing discovery disputes, not to mention the pending motion for leave to amend the complaint. Assuming the court grants the parties’ extension, that would likely push the Suno lawsuit furrther down in…
Read more: As parties in Suno lawsuit seek extension, all signs point to Judge Lee as the next to decide fair use on summary judgment
Irked by potentially separate track discovery for Ziff Davis, OpenAI tells court it will seek stay of Ziff Davis suit

In a letter brimming with irritation, lawyers from OpenAI have informed Judge Stein they will seek to stay the Ziff Davis lawsuit in the MDL Litigation due to alleged delays by Ziff Davis in discovery and Ziff Davis’s seeking a separate discovery track.
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Anthropic reply re: protective order

Anthropic filed its reply in the Concord Music lawsuit in support of its motion for clarification of the protective order. Related Stories
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Disney, Midjourney select Hon. Suzanne H. Segal as private neutral for mediation

The partes in Disney v. Midjourney filed their joint selection of a private neutral, the Hon. Suzanne H. Segal, the retired magistrate judge for the Central District of California who has reportedly “served as settlement judge in hundreds of cases.” A great selection. I cannot tell when the anticipated mediation will take place other than…
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Perplexity reply in support of motion to dismiss Encyclopaedia Britannica’s complaint

Perplexity AI filed its reply in support of its motion to dismiss Encyclopaedia Britannica’s complaint. Excerpt DOWNLOAD THE REPLY
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Justice opposes Udio’s motion to dismiss several claims

Anthony Justice has filed his opposition to Uncharted Labs’ dba Udio’s motion to dismiss claims 2 – 4. Excerpt DOWNLOAD THE OPPOSITION
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Photobucket moves to dismiss Pierce’s Amended Complaint

Photobucket filed another motion to dismiss, this one for Pierce’s Amended Complaint.
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Judge Stein rejects Ziff Davis DMCA claim based on OpenAI’s alleged circumvention of robots.txt. Judge shuts down novel theory b/c robots.txt does not control access.

Judge Stein issued his ruling on OpenAI’s motion to dismiss some of the claims of Ziff Davis, the owner of Mashable and other online media. The biggest part of the ruling: Judge Stein dismissed Ziff Davis’s DMCA 1201 anti-circumvention claim. This is a novel theory being advanced in several cases. Judge Stein ruled that the…
Read more: Judge Stein rejects Ziff Davis DMCA claim based on OpenAI’s alleged circumvention of robots.txt. Judge shuts down novel theory b/c robots.txt does not control access.