Category: AI Copyright Wars

Live stream for oral argument in Third Circuit in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. 1st appeals court to review fair use in AI training.

The Third Circuit will live stream the oral argument for the interlocutory appeal in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence on Thursday, June 11, 10 AM ET. (There are 3 cases on the calendar — and the exact order is not necessarily the same as the calendar listings.) Click here to go to the live stream…
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Kadrey asks Judge Chhabria to certify for interlocutory appeal to 9th Circuit the Judge’s 2025 summary judgment re: Meta’s downloading from shadow libraries for the purpose of AI training

As they indicated at a recent hearing, the Kadrey plaintiffs are asking Judge Chhabria to certify a part of his June 2025 partial summary judgment order. At the hearing, Judge Chhabria said they can file a motion and he’d consider it, but cautioned that the 9th Circuit seldom grants interlocutory appeal. Kadrey presents this question…
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Judge Pitts puts an end to book author John Carreyrou’s attempt to sue the entire US AI industry. Judge severs 5 AI companies from case and keeps suit v. Anthropic alone.

In Carreyrou v. Anthropic, the once omnibus copyright lawsuit against 8 AI companies, Judge Pitts issued his written order, severing the suits against the defendants and dismissing all but the lawsuit against Anthropic, the first named defendant. The cases against Google, xAI, Perplexity AI, Apple and NVIDIA are dismissed. And it remains to be seen…
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Uncharted Labs opposes Sony Music’s motion to file Second Amended Complaint increasing works from 333 to 30,000

As document discovery is about to close in Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs, the plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, primarily to increase the number of works allegedly infringed from 333 to 30,000. Not surprisingly, Uncharted Labs opposes their motion for leave. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD’S UNCHARTED LABS’ BRIEF Redlined…
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Is turnabout fair play?defendant Nanoble sues Disney, Universal, Warner for allegedly violating terms of use of AI generator Hailuo AI to produce allegedly infringing outputs for suit v. Nanoble. Counterclaim asserts movie studios must indemnify Nanoble under terms of use if it loses suit to studios.

Is turnabout fair play? Defendant Nanoble must think so. In answering the copyright claims filed by Disney, Universal City Studios, and Warner Brothers against Nanoble and other companies associated with the Hailuo AI generator, Nanoble has filed two counterclaims against the movie studios. Yes, Nanoble is suing the movie studios, which are suing Nanoble for…
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American Federation of Musicians v. Warner Music Group COMPLAINT

American Federation of Musicians sued Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group for settling their claims against Suno and Uncharted Labs allegedly in violation of their collective bargaining agreement. The CBA “contains a ‘new use‘ provision that requires music companies to notify the AFM of licenses and other transfers of rights in music that is…
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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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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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