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Adobe wins dismissal of Tanzer’s claim of alleged use of Anna’s Archive to train Nemotron. Bare allegation lacks Art. III injury in fact.
Read more: Adobe wins dismissal of Tanzer’s claim of alleged use of Anna’s Archive to train Nemotron. Bare allegation lacks Art. III injury in fact.Judge Scott Corley dismissed with leave to amend Tanzer book authors’ copyright claim that Adobe (or NVIDIA) used copies of their books from Anna’s Archive to train NVIDIA’s Nemotron model. The complaint lacked sufficient allegations to establish a copyright claim or Article III injury in fact because they merely alleged “information and belief” in what…
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Ted Entertainment staves off dismissal of DMCA anti-circumvention claim related to YouTube videos in suit v. Snap
Read more: Ted Entertainment staves off dismissal of DMCA anti-circumvention claim related to YouTube videos in suit v. SnapJudge André Birotte Jr. issued a major ruling in one of the lawsuits filed by Ted Entertainment, a YouTube video producer — this one against Snap. Judge Birotte agreed with Ted Entertainment’s arguments that various technological measures related to YouTube videos operate as “access controls,” not simply copying controls. As cited by Judge Birotte’s decision, the…
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Anthropic files amended Answer to Gilbert’s copyright complaint. Anthropic adds First Amendment defense & additional allegations for counterclaim of non-infringement based on fair use.
Read more: Anthropic files amended Answer to Gilbert’s copyright complaint. Anthropic adds First Amendment defense & additional allegations for counterclaim of non-infringement based on fair use.Anthropic just filed an Amended Answer to the complaint of Daniel Benjamin Gilbert, who opted out of the Bartz class settlement and who is the author of the book Hacking World of Warcraft. A lot of Anthropic’s Answer is standard fare for all the copyright litigation against AI companies. But I notice 2 significant differences…
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American Federation of Musicians drops its suit v. Warner, but not Universal Music Group
Read more: American Federation of Musicians drops its suit v. Warner, but not Universal Music GroupAmerican Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada dropped its lawsuit against Warner Music Group, but the case against Universal Music Group proceeds. Notice:
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OpenAI offers new privacy protection in “Zero Data Retention” for its AI. Is this the “Do Not Track” for AI?
Read more: OpenAI offers new privacy protection in “Zero Data Retention” for its AI. Is this the “Do Not Track” for AI?In stiff competition with Anthropic, OpenAI is trying to distinguish itself from its competitor. Sam Altman just announced a “Zero Data Retention” privacy protection for eligible API customers: “OpenAI does not retain their prompts or model responses after a request is processed. Customer content is not available to OpenAI personnel for review1, and enterprise customer…
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Will AI help humans cure cancer? Merck, Moderna’s positive topline results in Phase 3 INTerpath-001 trial shows promise – and possible path forward
Read more: Will AI help humans cure cancer? Merck, Moderna’s positive topline results in Phase 3 INTerpath-001 trial shows promise – and possible path forwardExciting news from the world of medicine. Merck and Moderna announced positive topline Phase 3 results for their cancer treatment of melanoma, which utilizes AI in the process. The treatment involves INTerpath-001 Trial of Intismeran Autogene Plus KEYTRUD. The basic concept is developing an individualized or personalized cancer treatment for each patient based on the…
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Judge Hellerstein denies Justice’s motion to reconsider dismissal of unfair competition state law claim
Read more: Judge Hellerstein denies Justice’s motion to reconsider dismissal of unfair competition state law claimJudge Hellerstein denied Justice’s motion to reconsider the dismissal of his Tennessee state law unfair competition claim. The DMCA anti-circumvention claim remains. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD:
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Reddit v. SerpApi will proceed without missing defendant AWMProxy
Read more: Reddit v. SerpApi will proceed without missing defendant AWMProxyJudge Engelmayer approved Reddit’s request that the lawsuit against SerApi, Oxylabs UAB, and Perplexity AI proceed without waiting to serve AWMProxy, which Reddit has been unable to locate. Order:
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Shakespeare adds more plaintiffs, allegations v. Dario Amodei, and contributory infringement claim v. Amodei, Benjamin Mann
Read more: Shakespeare adds more plaintiffs, allegations v. Dario Amodei, and contributory infringement claim v. Amodei, Benjamin MannThe First Amended Complaint in Shakespeare v. Anthropic was filed. Key changes: several new plaintiffs have joined the lawsuit, new direct infringement allegations were added against CEO Dario Amodei, and a new claim for contributory infringement against Amodei and co-founder Benjamin Mann. FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
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Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. Total = 136
Read more: Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. Total = 136We added 5 recently filed cases to the US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. DOWNLOAD THE PDF WITH LINKS TO EACH DOCKET: