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Book author Darius James goes on offensive v. shadow libraries, filing 3 copyright suits v. Snowflake, Together Computer, Cerebras Systems. Total AI copyright suits hit 74.
Read more: Book author Darius James goes on offensive v. shadow libraries, filing 3 copyright suits v. Snowflake, Together Computer, Cerebras Systems. Total AI copyright suits hit 74.Book author Darius H. James filed three class action copyright suits since last November: (1) one against Snowflake Inc. for its alleged training of its LLMs using RedPajama and Books3 dataset; (2) one against Together Computer for its infringement when it allegedly “orchestrated and assembled the RedPajama dataset, a dataset comprised of a mixture of publicly available…
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Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI filed status report to Judge Orrick ahead of Jan. 20 conference
Read more: Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI filed status report to Judge Orrick ahead of Jan. 20 conferenceThe Andersen v. Stability AI case appears to be moving along in discovery without major disagreement. The parties filed their status report ahead of the Jan. 20 status conference before Judge Orrick.
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Alon Entm’t opposes Elon Musk’s motion to dismiss 3rd amended complaint
Read more: Alon Entm’t opposes Elon Musk’s motion to dismiss 3rd amended complaintThe Alcon Entertainment v. Tesla is in its third round of motions to dismiss. This one to the Third Amended Complaint. In December 2025, Elon Musk and Tesla filed their third motion. Alcon recently filed its opposition. DOWNLOAD ALCON ENTERTAINMENT’S BRIEF Related Stories
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OpenAI files reply in support of staying Ziff Davis suit in MDL litigaiton
Read more: OpenAI files reply in support of staying Ziff Davis suit in MDL litigaitonOpenAI filed in reply in support of its motion to stay the Ziff Davis suit in the MDL Litigation. For more: Excerpts: DOWNLOAD OPENAI’S REPLY
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NYT, Chicago Tribune, Perplexity AI can’t agree on discovery preservation
Read more: NYT, Chicago Tribune, Perplexity AI can’t agree on discovery preservationThe New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Perplexity AI have filed a letter to Judge Preska regarding their dispute over what records should be subject to discovery preservation.
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Judge Garnett allows discovery in Huckabee v. Bloomberg, sets schedule
Read more: Judge Garnett allows discovery in Huckabee v. Bloomberg, sets scheduleThe Huckabee v. Bloomberg is moving into discovery, now that the court rejected Bloomberg’s motion to dismiss. After a conference yesterday, Judge Garnett issued the following order: ORDER: As discussed on the record at the conference on January 13, 2026, the Court hereby LIFTS the stay on discovery (Dkt. No. 85) and ADOPTS the below…
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Suno moves to dismiss musician Woulard’s First Amended Complaint due to lack of personal jurisdiction
Read more: Suno moves to dismiss musician Woulard’s First Amended Complaint due to lack of personal jurisdictionSuno has filed a (second) motion to dismiss, this one of musician Woulard’s First Amended Complaint. Suno repeats the same grounds as in its original motion to dismiss the original complaint: lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, or, in the alternative, a motion to transfer venue.
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Has actor Matthew McConaughey really trademarked himself? WSJ suggests so.
Read more: Has actor Matthew McConaughey really trademarked himself? WSJ suggests so.As I was preparing to teach trademark class today, I was struck by the Wall Street Journal‘s provocatively titled article, “Matthew McConaughey Trademarks Himself to Fight AI Misuse.” The title of the article was only more shocking than one I read about the proposed law in Denmark that would allow people to “copyright themselves” as…
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In Carreyrou v. Anthropic, Perplexity AI hires Mayer Brown for defense
Read more: In Carreyrou v. Anthropic, Perplexity AI hires Mayer Brown for defenseThe Carreyrou v. Anthropic suit filed by book authors who opted out of the class settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic is beginning to crawl forward. Perplexity AI, one of the defendants, is represented by attorneys from Mayer Brown: This is the first AI copyright lawsuit in which Mayer Brown has appeared. One thing is for…
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AI backlash: 3 open ChatGPT tabs spark allegations of AI use for Stranger Things show
Read more: AI backlash: 3 open ChatGPT tabs spark allegations of AI use for Stranger Things showJust to show you how triggering AI usage can be, Internet sleuths are running wild almost conspiracy theories that the Duffer Brothers relied on ChatGPT when creating Stranger Things Season 5. What’s the evidence? Apparently, a shot from the documentary about Stranger Things showing 3 open ChatGPT tabs on the brower while one of the…