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Pres. Trump blasts NY state moratorium on data centers
Read more: Pres. Trump blasts NY state moratorium on data centersPres. Trump criticized New York state’s 1-year moratorium on new datacenters used for AI. He wrote on Truth Social:
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Cox Communications decision continues to wipe out contributory infringement claims in lawsuits v. AI companies
Read more: Cox Communications decision continues to wipe out contributory infringement claims in lawsuits v. AI companiesAdd the Advanced Local Media plaintiffs to the list of plaintiffs dropping their contributory infringement claims against AI companies after the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment. I expect most of these lawsuits will drop the contributory infringement claim or ultimately have it dismissed. A few plaintiffs may try to…
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Kenya Copyright Board finds insufficient evidence in record to determine if sufficient human intervention in allegedly AI generated work. But decision recognizes test: “sufficient human intervention/ effort giving the work original character, as per Section 22(3)(a).”
Read more: Kenya Copyright Board finds insufficient evidence in record to determine if sufficient human intervention in allegedly AI generated work. But decision recognizes test: “sufficient human intervention/ effort giving the work original character, as per Section 22(3)(a).”Kenya’s Copyright Tribunal found insufficient evidence in the record whether a literary work for a series of “Bible Scripture Stories” that Cynthia Beldina Akoth was commissioned to write for the Aryeh Movement. The dispute centered around who owned the copyright (if any) to the work–Akoth or Aryeh. Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) originally registered the work in…
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Ted Entertainment files 1st amended complaint v. Apple to add more allegations of TPM access control issue
Read more: Ted Entertainment files 1st amended complaint v. Apple to add more allegations of TPM access control issueInstead of responding to Apple’s motion to dismiss, Ted Entertainment filed a First Amended Complaint, trying to beef up its allegations that YouTube videos have access-control TPMs that get protection under the DMCA anti-circumvention provision, Section 1201(a). Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE 1ST AMENDED COMPLAINT
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Should Hachette and Cengage have to pay Google’s legal fees after publishers seek to withdraw their motion to intervene in case
Read more: Should Hachette and Cengage have to pay Google’s legal fees after publishers seek to withdraw their motion to intervene in caseIn re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation just got interesting.Google has asked Judge Eumi Lee to order Hachette and Cengage publishers to reimburse Google for the attorneys’ fees it cost to respond to their belated motion to intervene. Hachette and Cengage recently filed a new lawsuit in the SDNY and sought to withdraw this motion…
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Judge Orrick recuses from SEIU Pension Plan v. Adobe
Read more: Judge Orrick recuses from SEIU Pension Plan v. AdobeJudge Orrick recused himself from SEUI Pension Plan v. Adobe, the copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit.
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Kunlun, Skywork AI move to dismiss Attack the Sound complaint
Read more: Kunlun, Skywork AI move to dismiss Attack the Sound complaintDefendants Kunlun and Skywork AI moved to dismiss the complaint filed by Attack the Sound in the Northern District of Illinois. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE MOTION TO DISMISS
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OpenAI faces discovery sanctions motion by New York Times
Read more: OpenAI faces discovery sanctions motion by New York TimesNew York Times and other news plaintiffs filed a motion for discovery sanctions against OpenAI for its alleged concealment of the ability to conduct relevant searches that the plaintiffs had requested, which they news plaintiffs say they discovered from the 2d deposition of Vincent Monaco: “Instead, its two-year effo1t to hide its ability to search its training data and output logs for News Plaintiffs’ copyrighted…
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Demis Hassabis calls for testing of AI models by Standards Body modeled on FINRA. Idea sounds similar to proposal by Mark Thomas at Lawfare.
Read more: Demis Hassabis calls for testing of AI models by Standards Body modeled on FINRA. Idea sounds similar to proposal by Mark Thomas at Lawfare.What Demis Hassabis Proposed Demis Hassabis proposed that a Standards Body modeled on FINRA, an industry regulatory Body that is a self regulatory organization for the financial sector, be set up to review the latest frontier models before they are publicly launched: “The rapid progress we’re seeing in AI requires a new approach to testing…
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Meta sued for allegedly using AI program that had disparate impact in terminating employees who took protected medical and family leave
Read more: Meta sued for allegedly using AI program that had disparate impact in terminating employees who took protected medical and family leaveMeta was sued under the Family and Medical Leave Act for allegedly using an AI program that had a discriminatory impact against employees who used protected medical and family leave while at Meta. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE COMPLAINT: