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Month: October 2026

Amici flood OpenAI MDL docket seeking leave to file 52 briefs in key copyright suit

This week, various individuals (myself included) and entities have asked Judge Stein for leave to file amicus briefs in the OpenAI MDL litigation. By my unofficial count, 52 proposed amicus briefs were filed, with the following breakdown: The large number of amicus briefs reflects the importance of the issues at stake. But the Open MDL…
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Rosen sues Google CEO Pichai and other officer, directors including Larry Page, Sergey Brin, John Hennessy, John Doerr, Kent Walker. Copyright-BIPA shareholder derivative suit

Similar to Rosen v. Cook (Apple suit), Phil Rosen has justed filed Rosen v. Pichai, another copyright shareholder derivative lawuit, only this time it includes a BIPA violation claim. That may explain why it was filed in the Northern District of Illinois. Exerpt: DOWNLOAD COMPLAINT:
Read more: Rosen sues Google CEO Pichai and other officer, directors including Larry Page, Sergey Brin, John Hennessy, John Doerr, Kent Walker. Copyright-BIPA shareholder derivative suit
Judge Lee dismisses Beaulier’s DMCA CMI claims, agreeing with Judge Breyer’s decision in Beaulier v. Meta

Judge Eumi Lee dismissed Beulier’s two DMCA CMI removal claims on the same grounds Judge Breyer did in Beaulier v. Meta. The Order states: “Having considered the parties’ briefs 20 26 29 and relevant legal authority, Defendant’s 20 motion to dismiss is GRANTED with leave to amend. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). The Court finds Judge Breyer’s…
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Latest Map of U.S. Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 157

Here’s the latest map of all copyright suits v. AI companies. We added 9 new lawsuits. The new total is 157 copyright suits v. AI companies. Also visit our Interactive Map Case Tracker. DOWNLOAD MAP WITH LINKS TO EACH DOCKET:
Read more: Latest Map of U.S. Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 157
Ted Entertainment abandons lawsuits v. OpenAI and others but Matt Fisher remains as plaintiff

Ted Entertainment, YouTube creator, has voluntarily dismissed without prejudice its lawsuit against OpenAI as it has also its lawsuits against NVIDIA, Apple, Amazon, Bytedance, and Meta. That leaves Matt Fisher as the sole plaintiff in the lawsuit. It looks like the only case Ted Entertainment has not abandoned is the one against Snap. Ted Entertainment…
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ABG EPE IP LLC v. Anthropic PBC assigned to Judge Orrick for now. Is it related to Concord Music?

ABG EPE IP LLC v. Anthropic PBC, aka the Elvis case, has been assigned to Judge Orrick. But there’s a high likelihood it could be deemed a related case to the music cases led by Concord Music v. Anthropic before Judge Lee. Stay tuned.
Read more: ABG EPE IP LLC v. Anthropic PBC assigned to Judge Orrick for now. Is it related to Concord Music?
Should Elon Musk be deposed in copyright infringement case? Parties disagree.

The parties in Alcon Entertainment v. Tesla have provided a status report on their ongoing dispute over whether Elon Musk should be deposed. He is a named defendant in the lawsuit and he did use the allegedly infringing image that Alcon Entertainment contends is substantially similar to its movie Blade Runner 2049. DOWNLOAD:
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Judge Chhabria relates Hobbs, Older, Sheard to Kadrey v. Meta. Expect Winspear, Reno, Levine to follow.

Judge Chhabria deemed several newly filed cases v. Meta as related to Kadrey v. Meta. That means they will be reassigned to him: We should expect the same decision on these newly filed cases as well:
Read more: Judge Chhabria relates Hobbs, Older, Sheard to Kadrey v. Meta. Expect Winspear, Reno, Levine to follow.
Academic textbook authors voice concerns about their publishers seeking 85% cut of Bartz settlement distribution

Well, it looks like the Bartz v. Anthropic settlement is not completely in the books. Kim Pawlak, the Executive Director of Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) submitted a 4-page, single-spaced letter to Judge Martínez-Olguín. The letter alleges numerous problems textbook authors have faced. Under the terms of the settlement, the distribution of settlement funds…
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Anthropic defends fair use in acquiring & using training data but flags copyright liability risk on novel issue in S1 prospectus for its IPO

Anthropic filed its S1 prospectus with the SEC yesterday. It has a lengthy discussion of “risk factors” related to investing in the company that spans nearly 100 pages. Here’s what the S1 says about copyright issues: We can break this statement into 2 sections: good faith belief in fair use on a novel issue of…
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