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Consolidated copyright complaint v. Adobe in Lyon lawsuit filed as Adobe executives hit with breach of fiduciary lawsuit by shareholder SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust based on Adobe’s AI training with copyrighted works. AI- copyright-shareholder derivative suits the next battleground for copyright?
Read more: Consolidated copyright complaint v. Adobe in Lyon lawsuit filed as Adobe executives hit with breach of fiduciary lawsuit by shareholder SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust based on Adobe’s AI training with copyrighted works. AI- copyright-shareholder derivative suits the next battleground for copyright?Book authors Lyon and Kleiner filed their consolidated copyright complaint against Adobe. But the bigger news was a novel shareholder derivative action filed by SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust, a shareholder of Adobe, against Shantanu Narayen and other Adobe executives. The plaintiff’s theory is that Adobe executives breached their fiduciary duty by training their AI…
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Getty Images mostly wins, surviving motion to dismiss claims except for DMCA CMI claim. But can amend that claim in light of Judge Thompson’s ruling.
Read more: Getty Images mostly wins, surviving motion to dismiss claims except for DMCA CMI claim. But can amend that claim in light of Judge Thompson’s ruling.Judge Thompson denied most of Stability AI’s motion so dismiss Getty Images’ Complaint. The only that was dismissed was the DMCA CMI 1202(a) due to failure of allegations of intentional removal: “However, the four corners of the Complaint lack allegations to suggest a specific intent to induce, enable, facilitate, or conceal the infringement. Rather, the…
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Parties in UMG Recordings v. Suno quibble over Judge Helllerstein’s denial of motion to dismiss DMCA claim in suit v. Udio
Read more: Parties in UMG Recordings v. Suno quibble over Judge Helllerstein’s denial of motion to dismiss DMCA claim in suit v. UdioThe parties in UMG Recordings v. Suno filed dueling letters explaining the recent decision by Judge Hellerstein to deny Unhcarted Labs’ claims by Sony Music Entertainment for DMCA anti-circumvention related to YouTube videos. At least on the surface, the decision is helpful to UMG Recordings. Suno, however, takes issue with the court’s analysis in the…
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Ted Entertainment, Chmura copyright suits v. Snap now consolidated
Read more: Ted Entertainment, Chmura copyright suits v. Snap now consolidatedJudge Birotte Jr. has granted the parties’ stipulation to consolidate: (1) Ted Entertainment v. Snap and (2) Chmura v. Snap. The Court also appointed Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel:(1) Tom Kherkher of ELLZEY KHERKHER SANFORD MONTGOMERY LLP and (2) William J. Edelman of MILBERG, PLLC. DOWNLOAD THE ORDER
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Book authors Josie Brown, Katia Lief, Jacinda Townsend Gides join Darius H. James in copyright suit v. Together Computer over assembling RedPajama books dataset
Read more: Book authors Josie Brown, Katia Lief, Jacinda Townsend Gides join Darius H. James in copyright suit v. Together Computer over assembling RedPajama books datasetBook authors Josie Brown, Katia Lief, and Jacinda Townsend Gides have joined book author Darius H. James in the copyright lawsuit against Together Computer. The lawsuit focuses on Together Computer’s alleged responsibility for the RedPajama books dataset used for AI training. DOWNLOAD THE REDLINED VERSION OF THE 1ST AMENDED COMPLAINT DOWNLOAD THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
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After publishing article on Bitcoin founder, John Carreyrou wants to keep his lawsuit v. Anthropic, Google, xAI, Perplexity, Apple, NVIDIA intact
Read more: After publishing article on Bitcoin founder, John Carreyrou wants to keep his lawsuit v. Anthropic, Google, xAI, Perplexity, Apple, NVIDIA intactYou’ve got to hand it to author John Carreyrou. He persists. Despite a sua sponte severing by Judge Chhabria of a similar lawsuit filed by the same law firm representing him against 8 AI companies, Carreyrou d/b/a Cambronne is attempting to persuade Judge Pitts not to do the same in his case. Carreyrou is the…
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Hendrix, Apple propose schedule for AI copyright lawsuit. Runs to 2028!
Read more: Hendrix, Apple propose schedule for AI copyright lawsuit. Runs to 2028!In Hendrix v. Apple, the Hendrix book authors and Apple have proposed the following case schedule, with parts in dispute: Wow. It will take us all the way to 2028!! DOWNLOAD THE PROPOSED CASE SCHEDULE
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Judge Breyer denies motion to dismiss in lawsuit v. Databricks and Mosaic for alleged use of books in early stage but not actual training of model
Read more: Judge Breyer denies motion to dismiss in lawsuit v. Databricks and Mosaic for alleged use of books in early stage but not actual training of modelJudge Breyer denied the motion to dismiss the Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in In re Mosaic LLM Litigation. Databricks and Mosaic argued that the complaint failed to state a claim of infringement because the allegations are only that “Databricks copied their books during early development of DBRX and not its actual training.” Judge Breyer found…
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On same day Anthropic’s summary judgment motion is due, Concord Music suddenly moves to dismiss its claims for secondary liability with prejudice
Read more: On same day Anthropic’s summary judgment motion is due, Concord Music suddenly moves to dismiss its claims for secondary liability with prejudiceSuper stunning turn of events in Concord Music v. Anthropic. On the same day Anthropic’s motion for summary judgment is due — meaning today! — Concord Music has attempted to voluntarily dismiss, with prejudice, both claims of secondary liability: contributory infringement in Count II and vicarious infringement in Count III of its First Amended Complaint.…
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Adding to their largest settlement in US copyright history, Bartz book authors’ class announces another historic milestone: 91.3% participation of total works in class. Wow.
Read more: Adding to their largest settlement in US copyright history, Bartz book authors’ class announces another historic milestone: 91.3% participation of total works in class. Wow.In an update provided to the court ahead of the final approval hearing, the Bartz Class Counsel announced a stunning participation rate of 91.3 percent — or 440,409 of 482,460 works in the class — have been claimed for distribution of the class settlement funds. 91.3 percent participation for a non-personal injury class action is…