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The Bartz settlement is in the books. Payouts to class should take place by Sept. 17, 2026.
Read more: The Bartz settlement is in the books. Payouts to class should take place by Sept. 17, 2026.I was hoping to see an official statement on the Bartz Class Settlement website. That hasn’t occurred yet. (As of August 30, 2026, the Class website still has no updated information.) But, as I read the Settlement Agreement, the Effective Date of the Settlement occurred on Aug. 20, 2026, a day after the deadline for…
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Democracy and Data Centers
Read more: Democracy and Data CentersThis week the backlash against data centers, especially hyperscalers to power frontier AI models, intensified. Things are so bad that the right-leaning Wall Street Journal and left-leaning New York Times both are devoting front page coverage to the issue. And the backlash against data is bipartisan. People on both the right and the left are…
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Perplexity seeks dismissal of most of CNN’s claims
Read more: Perplexity seeks dismissal of most of CNN’s claimsPerplexity is seeking a dismissal of CNN’s Counts II through V of the Complaint for failure to state a claim. (Everything but the “input” claims of infringement.) Excerpt: DOWNLOAD PERPLEXITY’S BRIEF:
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Judge Lee denies attorneys’ fee to Google after Cengage, Hachette withdraw motion to intervene. But Judge expresses concern w/ filing new suit “3,000 miles away” from ongoing suit v. Google
Read more: Judge Lee denies attorneys’ fee to Google after Cengage, Hachette withdraw motion to intervene. But Judge expresses concern w/ filing new suit “3,000 miles away” from ongoing suit v. GoogleIn re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation, Judge Eumi Lee granted the unopposed motion of publishers Cengage and Hachette to withdraw their motion to intervene. Judge Lee also denied Google’s request for attorneys’ fees it spent in opposing the motion to intervene. But Judge Lee also expressed concern “that the publishers filed their new case…
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wikiHow sues OpenAI for copyright infringement. Open season on OpenAI continues.
Read more: wikiHow sues OpenAI for copyright infringement. Open season on OpenAI continues.OpenAI was just sued again for copyright infringement. This time, wikiHow, the website for “how to” instructions, sued OpenAI. Claims: (1) Copyright infringement in inputs; (2) copyright infringement in response to user queries; (3) Vicarious infringement; (4) Removal of CMI, DMCA 1202(b)(1). By my unofficial count, this is copyright suit No. 24 against OpenAI. Visit…
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Updated US Map of Copyright Suits. Total = 137. New suit wikiHow v. OpenAI
Read more: Updated US Map of Copyright Suits. Total = 137. New suit wikiHow v. OpenAIWe updated the US Map of Copyright Suits to include the new one just filed against OpenAI by wikiHow, Inc. DOWNLOAD PDF:
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Adobe seeks to relate recently filed securities derivative suits with prior filed copyright class actions before Judge Scott Corley
Read more: Adobe seeks to relate recently filed securities derivative suits with prior filed copyright class actions before Judge Scott CorleyAdobe is requesting that Judge Scott Corley consider the recently filed copyright securities derivative suits — Hirschberger v. Narayen and SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust v. Adobe — as related cases to Lyon and Kleiner v. Adobe. The Tanzer v. Adobe suit was just dismissed by the Judge due to insufficient allegations of injury (or…
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Plaintiffs in SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust & Hirschberger seek to consolidate copyright shareholder derivative cases v. Adobe
Read more: Plaintiffs in SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust & Hirschberger seek to consolidate copyright shareholder derivative cases v. AdobeThe Plaintiffs are asking Judge Breyer to consolidate the 2 copyright shareholder derivative suits against Adobe and appoint Lead Counsel. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD:
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Judge Saylor denies Suno’s motion to dismiss except to state law claim
Read more: Judge Saylor denies Suno’s motion to dismiss except to state law claimJudge Saylor denied Suno’s motion to dismiss Justice’s claims for output infringement and DMCA 1201(a) anti-circumvention claim. Judge Saylor held that, at the motion to dismiss stage, the allegations of output infringement were sufficient: Judge Saylor then followed his prior ruling in UMG Recordings v. Suno that the alleged technological measures for YouTube videos involved…