NVIDIA suffered a major defeat in its defense in the Nazemian lawsuit. Judge Tigar just granted leave to plaintiffs to file a First Amended Complaint to add additional allegations and claims, and against more AI models trained by NVIDIA:
(1) allegations identifying additional LLMs that NVIDIA developed using Plaintiffs’ copyrighted
works;
(2) allegations that NVIDIA illegally downloaded copyrighted Plaintiffs’ copyrighted
works from Anna’s Archive and other “shadow libraries”; and
(3) claims of vicarious and contributory infringement based on NVIDIA directing customers to download and use “The Pile” databases.
The Shadow Library Strategy strikes again.
Excerpt from Judge Tigar’s Order:
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