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9th Circuit grants interlocutory appeal of DMCA CMI claim in Doe 1 v. Github

No surprise: the Ninth Circuit granted the permission to file an interlocutory appeal of the dismissal of the DMCA CMI claim in Doe 1 v. Github. The case is No. 24-6136. Judge Tigar had granted permission to the plaintiffs to seek leave to file an interlocutory appeal.
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Judge Lee held case management hearing in In re Google Generative AI Litigation. Order on interim forthcoming.

Judge Lee held a case management hearing on Dec. 18 in the In re Google Generative AI Litigation (formerly Zhang v. Google and J.L. v. Google). Here’s the note on the docket: “Initial Case Management Conference held on 12/18/2024. Case management and scheduling order to issue. Written order to issue regarding 80 Plaintiffs’ unopposed request…
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Anthropic Answer to Bartz’s First Amended Complaint

Anthopric filed its Answer to Bartz’s First Amended Complaint.
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David Boies firm cites Mark Zuckerberg deposition testimony as reason for allowing Third Amended Complaint

In a highly redacted brief, David Boies law firm representing plaintiffs book authors in the Kadrey v. Meta lawsuit cite testimony from Mark Zuckerberg during his deposition, as well as “some of the most incriminating internal documents produced to date” from Meta. It looks like Zuckerberg’s testimony is cited in 2 passages for at least…
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Judge Bibas asks for year of headnote’s publication in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Publication

Judge Bibas is considering motions for summary judgment. He just issued an oral order asking for the year of publication for each West headnote for the evidence submitted: ORAL ORDER: Thank you to the parties for providing the native Excel file of D.I. 678 21 to the Court. Please update this file with the year…
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Eleven Labs redacted brief to transfer case to SDNY

Eleven Labs filed its redacted brief and affidavit seeking a transfer of venue from Delaware to the Southern District of New York.
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David Boies & lawyers from his firm added to book authors in Tremblay v. OpenAI

David Boies and lawyers from his firm, Jesse Panuccio and Maxwell Pritt, have joined the lawyers from Joseph Saveri Law Firm in representing the book authors in the Tremblay v. OpenAI lawsuit. This follows the unceremonious addition of Boies to another book authors’ case, Kadrey v. Meta lawsuit, after Judge Chhabria said he would not…
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Nick Ryder, VP of Research, Foundations OpenAI, says: 2 Internet-based books corpora were used to train GPT 3, 3.5, but not “any subsequent OpenAI GPT model”

Amidst a discovery dispute, OpenAI filed an interesting declaration from Nick Ryder, VP of Research, Foundations, OpenAI. In it, Ryder reveals the frequency that researchers at OpenAI are developing models that are never commercially released. Since it was founded in 2015, OpenAI has created hundreds of thousands of artifacts that might each be called “models.”…
Read more: Nick Ryder, VP of Research, Foundations OpenAI, says: 2 Internet-based books corpora were used to train GPT 3, 3.5, but not “any subsequent OpenAI GPT model”
OpenAI moves to dismiss state law claims in Millette suit

OpenAI filed a motion to dismiss Millette’s First Amended Complaint’s state law claims. Motion below:
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Judge Lee sets Zoom hearing for Dec. 19, 1 pm PDT in Concord Music v. Stability AI over motion to dismiss

Judge Eumi Lee has scheduled a Zoom hearing for Dec. 19, 1 pm PDT. Presumably, this hearing is for Stability AI’s motion to dismiss, which had to be rescheduled due to the argument on Concord Music’s motion for preliminary injunction lasting 4 hours. The notice doesn’t specify which motion, but that seems like the likely…
Read more: Judge Lee sets Zoom hearing for Dec. 19, 1 pm PDT in Concord Music v. Stability AI over motion to dismiss