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Carl Sagan estate sues Luma AI for use of Sagan clip in ad for Ray 3.14
Read more: Carl Sagan estate sues Luma AI for use of Sagan clip in ad for Ray 3.14A new lawsuit was filed against Luma AI. This one involves a video ad fro Luma’s Ray 3.14 model. The ad allegedly included a portion copied from the TV series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, episode 9: “The Lives of the Stars,” broadcast on November 23, 1980. In that episode, Sagan said a famous line, in…
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Ted Entertainment opposes Apple’s motion to dismiss DMCA claim
Read more: Ted Entertainment opposes Apple’s motion to dismiss DMCA claimTed Entertainment filed its opposition to Apple’s motion to dismiss its DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD:
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Judge Labson Freeman strikes Ted Entertainment’s brief for incorrect format on footnotes
Read more: Judge Labson Freeman strikes Ted Entertainment’s brief for incorrect format on footnotesJudge Labson Freeman just struck Ted Entertainment’s opposition to OpenAI’s motion to dismiss. The brief filed by Ted Entertainment used footnotes that violated the format and requirements of Judge Labson Freeman’s standing order. The Standing Order states: Ted Entertainment’s brief included (1) footnotes with single spacing (instead of double spacing) and (2) cited legal authorities…
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Anthropic and Round Hill Music skirmish over which set of cases should be related: all music cases v. Anthropic or Round Hill Music’s cases v. Anthropic and Suno
Read more: Anthropic and Round Hill Music skirmish over which set of cases should be related: all music cases v. Anthropic or Round Hill Music’s cases v. Anthropic and SunoAnthropic and Round Hill Music, which just sued Anthropic and Suno in separate lawsuits, are already skirmishing on which set of cases, if any, the courts should consider related: (1) Round Hill Music v. Anthropic related to the music cases before Judge Lee, Concord Music I and II and BMG v. Anthropic; or (2) Round…
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Latest US Map of AI Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 138
Read more: Latest US Map of AI Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 138Here’s the latest map of all US copyright suits v. AI companies. Total = 138. Added: Sony Music Publishing v. Anthropic. Plus, updates to judge assignments in Round Hill Music v. Suno, and v. Anthropic.
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Sony Music Publishing sues Anthropic
Read more: Sony Music Publishing sues AnthropicSony Music Publishing just sued Anthropic for copyright infringement in the Northern District of California. This complaint looks quite similar to Concord Music v. Anthropic II, filed by the same law firm. The Concord cluster of cases are before Judge Lee: Concord Music I and II and BMG v. Anthropic. Expect this new one to…
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First Amendment defenses gaining popularity in AI copyright suits
Read more: First Amendment defenses gaining popularity in AI copyright suitsA week after Anthropic raised a First Amendment defense in response to Daniel Benjamin Gilbert’s copyright suit, Perplexity has done the same in the suit filed against it by Reddit. Elon Musk, Tesla, and Warner Brothers Discovery had already raised a First Amendment defense back in March 2026. To my knowledge, Musk was the first…
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Daniel Benjamin Gilbert, pro se, ups ante in legal maneuvering v. Anthropic’s counterclaim. Gilbert unilaterally agrees not to sue Anthropic re: “training copies” except if from “pirated” source. Seeks partial dismissal of Anthropic’s counterclaim on fair use.
Read more: Daniel Benjamin Gilbert, pro se, ups ante in legal maneuvering v. Anthropic’s counterclaim. Gilbert unilaterally agrees not to sue Anthropic re: “training copies” except if from “pirated” source. Seeks partial dismissal of Anthropic’s counterclaim on fair use.Daniel Benjamin Gilbert, proceeding pro se in his suit against Anthropic, just upped the ante with a legal maneuver of his own. In response to Anthropic’s own maneuver of filing a counterclaim for a declaratory action of fair use against Gilbert above, Gilbert has unilaterally filed as an attachment to his answer to the counterclaim…
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Google files pointed letter refuting Hachette’s arguments v. transfer
Read more: Google files pointed letter refuting Hachette’s arguments v. transferThe legal skirmish over Google’s anticipated motion to transfer the Hachette v. Google case to the N.D. California intensified in an exchange of pointed letter submitted to Judge Preska Excerpt of Google’s Letter: * * * DOWNLOAD GOOGLE’S LETTER: DOWNLOAD HACHETTE’S LETTER:
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SerpApi seeks another dismissal of Google’s complaint
Read more: SerpApi seeks another dismissal of Google’s complaintSerpApi filed a motion to dismiss Google’s First Amended Complaint. The original complaint was dismissed by Judge Gonzalez Rogers for the reasons explained below: Excerpt: DOWNLOAD: