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AI makes strange bedfellows: Pres. Trump proposes US government stake in AI companies similar to Bernie Sanders’ proposal. Video.

How do you know AI is a disruptive technology? Well, it’s when in the same week President Trump and Senator Berne Sanders both propose that the U.S. government should take an ownership stake in U.S. AI companies. President Trump just floated the idea of doing something similar to the federal government’s recent 10% stake in…
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Judge Noel Wise assigned Kwon v. Anthropic

Judge Noel Wise was assigned the book author lawsuit Kwon v. Anthropic. At the moment, it’s unclear whether Judge Wise will retain this lawsuit, given the several other book author and publisher’s suits against Anthopic.
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Judge Gonzalez-Rogers ask parties in Hendrix v. Apple for schedule for possible early resolution of “the core issue of fair use.”

Judge Gonzalez-Rogers, who presided over the Musk v. Altman trial, has another big case: Hendrix v. Apple. Notably, in her order this week, Judge Gonzalez-Rogers “further instructed to discuss and consider whether earlier summary judgment motions on the core issue of fair use are possible as part of the scheduling decision.” Apple already teed up…
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Suno opposes UMG Recordings’ request to file a 2d Amended Complaint to add add 61,026 more works

Suno filed its opposition to UMG Recordings’ motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, adding 61,026 more works allegedly infringed as well as DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Excerpt:
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Is Anthropic’s Boris Cherny just abandoning copyright for computer programs of Anthropic?

It’s been fascinating to listen to Claude Code head Boris Cherny over the past few months. In each new video, Cherny touts how much less coding he does because Claude Code just does it for him. Well, in the latest video, Cherny now even says he no longer writes the prompts to Claude Code for…
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Judge Gilliam Jr. sets case conference in Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic on June 23

Notice is hereby given that a Case Management Conference in Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic has been set via zoom for June 23, 2026, before Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., at 2:00 p.m. All attorneys and pro se litigants appearing for the case management conference are required to join at least 15 minutes…
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Magistrate Judge Hixson orders parties to produce binders of relevant evidence re: crime fraud exception

Magistrate Judge Hixson ordered the parties in Kadrey v. Meta to submit binders with tabs of the relevant evidence related to Kadrey’s latest motion to obtain discovery of attorney-client communications it argues fall within the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege. Judge Chhabria denied a prior request related to obtain different communications.
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UK Competition and Markets Authorities (CMA) orders Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI summaries. Gives bargaining power to publishers.

Big news out of the UK: the Competition and Markets Authorities (CMA) is requiring Google to allow publishers to opt out of Google’s AI summaries (or overviews) and to give proper attribution and links whenever Google’s AI summaries relies on a publisher’s article. Below is the Press Release: CMA secures fairer deal for publishers and…
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Film director Martin Scorsese uses AI to storyboard movies. Becomes advisor to AI company Black Forest Labs.

Martin Scorsese just shook up Hollywood. Not with his latest film but with embracing of the use of AI as a tool. He’s even joined the German AI company Black Forest Labs as an advisor. In the video below, he explains how he uses AI to storyboard films and to help others visualize his ideas…
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Master Calendar of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies (beta test)

We are launching today the beta test version of our new Master Calendar: Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. We looked at the scheduling orders issued so far from the 114 copyright suits and tried to make sense of them in this Master Calendar. (Many cases still do not have scheduling orders, pending the resolution of…
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