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Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 131
Read more: Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 131Here’s the latest U.S. map of all copyright suits v. AI companies. We added 2 new lawsuits: Judge Ellis granted Uncharted Labs’ motion to transfer the case Woulard v. Uncharted Labs from Illinois to the SDNY, so we moved that case to SDNY with a judge assignment pending. We also indicated in red the voluntary…
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Launch of BIPA Case Tracker, and Web Scraping & AI Agents Case Tracker
Read more: Launch of BIPA Case Tracker, and Web Scraping & AI Agents Case TrackerTo add to our portfolio of AI-related case trackers, we are launching today 2 new case trackers: We now have 6 AI case trackers. The other 4 trackers are below. You can find the links on the homepage and scrolling down. Looks like we’ve run out of AI cases to track.
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Udio wins transfer of Woulard’s lawsuit to SDNY
Read more: Udio wins transfer of Woulard’s lawsuit to SDNYJudge Sara Ellis just granted Uncharted Labs dba Udio’s motion to transfer. The lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Illinois will be transferred to the Southern District of New York. Three other lawsuits against Udio are already there: THE COURT’S ORDER OF TRANSFER:
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Judge Stein denies News Plaintiffs leave to add new contributory infringement claim v. Microsoft. News Plaintiffs, Ziff Davis already abandoned contributory infringement claim foreclosed by Cox Communications.
Read more: Judge Stein denies News Plaintiffs leave to add new contributory infringement claim v. Microsoft. News Plaintiffs, Ziff Davis already abandoned contributory infringement claim foreclosed by Cox Communications.In the In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, Judge Stein issued two separate but similar rulings. They stem from the plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal of their material-contribution theory of contributory infringement after the Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, as well as their trademark dilution claim. Ruling on News Plaintiffs’ Motion for…
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UMG Recordings asks to dismiss American Federation of Musicians’ complaint as foreclosed by the Sound Recording Labor Agreement
Read more: UMG Recordings asks to dismiss American Federation of Musicians’ complaint as foreclosed by the Sound Recording Labor AgreementFascinating dispute between the music labels and the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada over whether the musicians are entitled to compensation from the settlements struck thus far with AI companies. UMG Recordings says no based on the provisions of the Sound Recording Labor Agreement, at least UMG’s interpretation. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD…
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Judge Tigar asks for briefing on appeal of discovery order on scope of discovery re: datasets NVIDIA downloaded
Read more: Judge Tigar asks for briefing on appeal of discovery order on scope of discovery re: datasets NVIDIA downloadedJudge Tigar ordered the parties to file supplemental, 5-page briefs on the Plaintiff Nazemian’s appeal of Magistrate Kim’s ruling that NVIDIA did not have to divulge datasets it downloaded after July 1, 2024. Judge Tigar’s Order for Supplemental Briefing:
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Anthropic seeks to dismiss output infringement claim and DMCA CMI claim in Concord Music II
Read more: Anthropic seeks to dismiss output infringement claim and DMCA CMI claim in Concord Music IISimultaneous with Dario Amodei’s motion to dismiss, Anthropic filed one too. Anthropic seeks to dismiss Concord Music II’s output infringement claim and DMCA CMI claim. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD:
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Dario Amodei seeks dismissal of direct infringement claim due to failure to allege he engaged in infringement
Read more: Dario Amodei seeks dismissal of direct infringement claim due to failure to allege he engaged in infringementDario Amodei, through his personal lawyers, is seeking to dismiss Concord Music II’s direct copyright infringement against him. Concord Music’s complaint’s allegations do not allege that Amodei personally engaged in acts of direct infringement. Instead, they merely describe what would fall within potentially contributory infringement. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD: