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Judge Lin issues preliminary injunction v. Department of War in dispute against Anthropic
Read more: Judge Lin issues preliminary injunction v. Department of War in dispute against AnthropicJudge Lin wasted no time. She issued a preliminary injunction against the Department of War based on Anthropic’s motion that she found has a likelihood of success in proving that it took actions against Anthropic to punish it for disagreeing with the government. Judge Lin stayed the injunction 7 days, presumably so the Department of…
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NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft sued again. So was Roblox. This time for alleged CMI violation, 1202(b). Austin Beaulier v. NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, and Roblox are lawsuits No. 94, 95, 96, and 97.
Read more: NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft sued again. So was Roblox. This time for alleged CMI violation, 1202(b). Austin Beaulier v. NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, and Roblox are lawsuits No. 94, 95, 96, and 97.3D model artist Austin BeaUlier just filed 4 copyright suits, one against each of NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, and Roblox. Beualier alleges that each defendant removed the CMI related to his 3D models, licensed under a Creative Commons license, in the dataset called Objaverse-XL. (See here.) These are copyright lawsuits No. 94 through 97 against AI…
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Supreme Court requires intent for contributory copyright infringement in a decision likely helpful to AI companies
Read more: Supreme Court requires intent for contributory copyright infringement in a decision likely helpful to AI companiesIn Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entm’t, the Supreme Court (9-0) just handed down a major ruling. The Court held: “a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights.” Knowledge of infringement by users…
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Judge Tigar sets scheduling order in Nazemian v. NVIDIA. Class certification hearing Aug. 26, 2027, but SJ yet to be scheduled.
Read more: Judge Tigar sets scheduling order in Nazemian v. NVIDIA. Class certification hearing Aug. 26, 2027, but SJ yet to be scheduled.Judge Tigar issued part of the scheduling order in Nazemian v. NVIDIA. The class certification hearing won’t be until Aug. 26, 2027. And the Judge will later issue the schedule for summary judgment motions.
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Summary judgment briefing gets pushed back in OpenAI MDL suit. Replies due Nov. 6 instead of Oct. 16.
Read more: Summary judgment briefing gets pushed back in OpenAI MDL suit. Replies due Nov. 6 instead of Oct. 16.The pool of cases that might have a decision on fair use in AI training in 2026 is dwindling fast. In In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, Judge Stein granted the parties’ request for an amendment to the scheduling order, which pushes the reply briefs for summary judgment all the way to Nov. 6 (instead…
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OpenAI pulls plug on AI video generator Sora in major shakeup to compete with Anthropic in enterprise
Read more: OpenAI pulls plug on AI video generator Sora in major shakeup to compete with Anthropic in enterpriseTHE CLAUDE EFFECT. OpenAI pulls the plug on video generator Sora. No more video generation. According to the Wall Street Journal, “CEO Sam Altman announced the changes to staff on Tuesday, writing that the company would wind down products that use its video models. In addition to the consumer app, OpenAI is also discontinuing a…
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Zoom link for today’s 1:30 PM hearing on Anthropic’s preliminary injunction request v. Department of War
Read more: Zoom link for today’s 1:30 PM hearing on Anthropic’s preliminary injunction request v. Department of WarFrom Judge Rita F. Lin’s webpage: The public is invited to listen to hearings scheduled for Zoom broadcast by clicking the “Join Zoom Hearing” button above. This includes the hearing in Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War on the Motion for Preliminary Injunction, to be held on Tuesday, March 24 at 1:30 p.m. PST. The courtroom for the Anthropic…