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Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 17, 2024)
Read more: Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 17, 2024)Here’s the latest status report in all 24 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. This week’s new developments from the last status report are indicated by an asterisk (*). Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas Trial on the copyright issues will begin…
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Judge Breyer grants motion to call Makkai v. Databricks related to O’Nan v. Databricks
Read more: Judge Breyer grants motion to call Makkai v. Databricks related to O’Nan v. DatabricksJudge Breyer granted the Joseph Saveri Law Firm’s motion to declare the later-filed case of Makkai v. Databricks a related case to the earlier filed case of O’Nan v. Databricks over which Judge Breyer presides. Almost immediately, Makkai v. Databricks was resassigned from Judge Whyte in San Jose to Judge Breyer in San Francisco. We…
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (May 10, 2024): Judge Orrick tentative suggests Plaintiffs’ theory of “compressed copies” in Stable Diffusion model may survive motion to dismiss
Read more: Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (May 10, 2024): Judge Orrick tentative suggests Plaintiffs’ theory of “compressed copies” in Stable Diffusion model may survive motion to dismissHere’s this week’s status report of all 24 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. (1) The biggest development since last week’s report was Judge Orrick’s tentative rulings on the defendants’ motion to dismiss the first amended complaint in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI. Judge Orrick indicated that he’s “inclined to DENY all motions to dismiss…
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7 plaintiffs in Andersen v. Stability AI file ADR certifications for “prefer to discuss” option
Read more: 7 plaintiffs in Andersen v. Stability AI file ADR certifications for “prefer to discuss” optionSeven of the 10 named plaintiffs in the Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI case have filed their ADR certifications, opting for the option of “prefer to discuss ADR selection with the Assigned Judge at the case management conference.” This doesn’t commit them to ADR. Instead, it just signals their willingness to discuss it with Judge…
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Map of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies
Read more: Map of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companiesWith 2 new copyright lawsuits, we updated our map yet again. Download the PDF with clickable links to the dockets.
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (May 5, 2024): 4 new lawsuits. Total hits 24.
Read more: Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (May 5, 2024): 4 new lawsuits. Total hits 24.Here’s this week’s status report of all 24 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. It was a busy week.As you can tell by the number, we had 4 new copyright lawsuits filed since our last report. The 4 new lawsuits are: A number of courts issued scheduling orders: Interestingly, Judge Tigar canceled the hearing (set for…
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Copyright lawsuits v. AI cos. hits 24 total. Cafferty Clobes firm files Dubus v. Nvidia and Makkai v. Databricks. (Complaints PDFs)
Read more: Copyright lawsuits v. AI cos. hits 24 total. Cafferty Clobes firm files Dubus v. Nvidia and Makkai v. Databricks. (Complaints PDFs)On May 2, 2024, the law firm of Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel filed two new copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Both are proposed class actions in the Northern District of California. Dubus III v. Nvidia: Authors of books allege their books were used without permission in training Nvidia’s AI model NeMo based on the…
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Did Daily News and 7 newspapers fail to file their Complaint in 2d copyright lawsuit? Clerk’s office asks for pleading.
Read more: Did Daily News and 7 newspapers fail to file their Complaint in 2d copyright lawsuit? Clerk’s office asks for pleading.On Tuesday, we reported that the Daily News and 7 other major newspapers filed 2 copyright lawsuits, one against OpenAI and Microsoft and the other we suspected was Google. But, as we reported, mysteriously, the docket entry for the second lawsuit lacked the complaint and the name of the defendant. Because this lasted for more…
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Updated Map of copyright cases v. AI companies in U.S.
Read more: Updated Map of copyright cases v. AI companies in U.S.We’ve updated our map of copyright litigation against AI companies. This map includes 22 lawsuits as of May 1, 2024. (We are still trying to track down whether one case filed yesterday is a mistake because the information is missing. If it’s not, we will update the map.) You can download a PDF of the…
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Daily News and 7 other newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft in new copyright lawsuit v. AI (PDF Complaint)
Read more: Daily News and 7 other newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft in new copyright lawsuit v. AI (PDF Complaint)A group of major newspapers, including lead plaintiff Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Sun-Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Denver Post, Orange County Register, and St. Paul Pioneer Press, filed a new copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. This now brings the total number of AI copyright lawsuits to 22 in the United States.…