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Hobbs v. Meta: book authors sue Meta’s former AI research scientists Joelle Pineau & Guillaume Lampler, in addition to Meta and Mark Zuckerberg
Read more: Hobbs v. Meta: book authors sue Meta’s former AI research scientists Joelle Pineau & Guillaume Lampler, in addition to Meta and Mark ZuckerbergWell, it was bound to happen. The 113th U.S. copyright lawsuit against an AI company now is going after the AI research scientists allegedly involved in the training of AI models. The only other one, Concord Music v. Anthropic II, at least was limited to co-founders of the company Anthropic, Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann.…
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Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 112 (May 22, 2026)
Read more: Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 112 (May 22, 2026)We added 12 lawsuits since our last map. We also reorganized some of the lawsuits in the Northern District of California, clustering some of them by defendants. DOWNLOAD THE PDF with links to each docket:
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Book Publishers secure default judgment v. Anna’s Archive for books datasets
Read more: Book Publishers secure default judgment v. Anna’s Archive for books datasetsNot surprisingly, Judge Jed Rakoff signed off on the default judgment against Anna’s Archive. The judgment includes injunctive relief and damages in the amount of $19.5 million. This is the second default judgment against Anna’s Archive. The first was secured by Atlantic Recording, also from Judge Rakoff. According to Wikipedia, “Anna’s Archive is an open…
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Uncharted Labs wins dismissal of two claims in copyright suit by musician Justice
Read more: Uncharted Labs wins dismissal of two claims in copyright suit by musician JusticeJudge Hellerstein agreed with defendant Uncharted Labs’ motion to dismiss musician Tony Justice’s claim for creation of unauthorized derivative works in outputs of Udio’s AI because the complaint lacked specific allegations. The court granted leave to amend the complaint to add such allegations within 30 days. But, agreeing with his own ruling in Sony Music…
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UMG Recordings, Spotify strike deal to allow users to create AI music covers of songs by participating UMG artists — for fee
Read more: UMG Recordings, Spotify strike deal to allow users to create AI music covers of songs by participating UMG artists — for feeFrom Spotify’s press release: Groundbreaking responsible AI tool to launch as paid add-on for Spotify Premium users Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) today announced landmark recorded music and music publishing licensing agreements enabling Spotify to launch a new tool allowing fans to create covers and remixes of their favorite songs from participating artists and…
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Magistrate Judge Wang agrees with Plaintiffs’ motion to get depositions of Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Satya Nadella in Musk v. Altman
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang agrees with Plaintiffs’ motion to get depositions of Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Satya Nadella in Musk v. AltmanEven though OpenAI won its defense in Musk v. Altman where the court found the claims were barred by the statute of limitations, Musk’s lawsuit continues to nag OpenAI. Magistrate Judge Wang just granted the plaintiffs’ motion in In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation to get the deposition transcripts of four Musk witnesses: Sam Altman,…
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Parties in cluster of Kadrey v. Meta-related cases filed case management statements
Read more: Parties in cluster of Kadrey v. Meta-related cases filed case management statementsThe parties in the cluster of cases involving Kadrey v. Meta or ones consolidated with or related to that case have filed their respective Joint Case Management Statements. Kadrey is a proposed class action. The others are not. They have attempted to align their Scheduling Orders. Kadrey: Entrepreneur Media: DOWNLOAD THE JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENTS
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David Greene reply in support of remand to state court
Read more: David Greene reply in support of remand to state courtDavid Greene, former host of NPR’s All Things Considered, filed his reply in support of his motion to remand the case back to state court. DOWNLOAD THE BRIEF: Related Stories
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Magistrate Judge Cisneros asks Midjourney to answer further questions, all redacted
Read more: Magistrate Judge Cisneros asks Midjourney to answer further questions, all redactedMagistrate Judge Cisneros has ordered Midjourney to answer further questions related to a discovery dispute in the lawsuit filed by Sarah Andersen. But all the questions are redacted from public view. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE ORDER
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Concord Music v. Anthropic I Second Amended Complaint after secondary liability claims dismissed with prejudice
Read more: Concord Music v. Anthropic I Second Amended Complaint after secondary liability claims dismissed with prejudiceConcord Music v. Anthropic I is in a temporary 90-day stay. Concord Music got its wishes in the voluntarily dismissal of its claims for contributory infringement and vicarious infringement. Now Concord Music filed its Second Amended Complaint, removing the secondary liability claims: Related Stories