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Category: AI Copyright Wars

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.…
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Joseph Saveri Law Firm files another AI copyright lawsuit, Zhang v. Google, on behalf of visual artists

On April 26, 2024, the Joseph Saveri Law Firm filed yet another copyright lawsuit against AI companies, Zhang v. Google. If our tally is correct, this brings the Saveri Law Firm’s total number of AI lawsuits brought to 8 lawsuits, making it the law firm with–by far–the most AI copyright lawsuits in the United States.…
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Judge MARTÍNEZ-OLGUÍN denies Joseph Saveri Law Firm motion to be appointed interim lead class counsel

Judge MARTÍNEZ-OLGUÍN denied the request of the Joseph Saveri Law Firm to be appointed interim lead class counsel for the plaintiffs in the In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation. The Judge found no reason to depart from the typical procedure of appointing the class counsel after the decision to certify the case as a class action…
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (April 25, 2024)

Here’s this week’s status report of all 20 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. The biggest development this week: OpenAI brought in more legal firepower by hiring 7 trial attorneys, all partners from Keker, Van Nest & Peters, including the named partner Robert Van Nest, to represent OpenAI in at least 6 different lawsuits: The 7…
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (April 19, 2024)

Here’s the latest status report of all 20 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. The key developments were: Please visit our Master List of all lawsuits organized by jurisdictions. The new developments from last week’s report are noted in the chart below by an asterisk* Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v.…
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Status of copyright lawsuits v. AI (April 14, 2024)

Here’s the latest (and greatest) status report of all 20 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Please visit our Master List of all lawsuits organized by jurisdictions. The new developments from last week’s report are noted in the chart below by an asterisk* Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence…
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NYT: OpenAI, Google, Meta “cut corners, ignored corporate policies and debated bending the law” in AI arms race

New York Times journalists published a stunning expose on internal machinations of OpenAI, Google, and Meta. Well worth a read. The highlights include the following allegations: The article was authored by Cade Metz, Cecilia Kang, Sheera Frenkel, Stuart A. Thompson, and Nico Grant.
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Status of copyright lawsuits v. AI (April 8, 2024)

Here’s the latest status report of all 20 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. The main development was Judge Stein’s order rejecting the motion of the California Plaintiffs represented by the Joseph Saveri Law Firm to intervene in the Authors Guild case and other cases in the Southern District of New York. You can read the…
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Map of 20 Copyright Lawsuits v. AI companies

We created a handy-dandy map of all 20 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. It categorizes the lawsuits by jurisdictions: And by type of work: To download a PDF of the map with clickable links to the dockets:
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (Mar. 29, 2024)

Here’s the latest on all 20 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. There were a number of filings related to motions to dismiss. Notable developments: Please visit our Master List of all lawsuits organized by jurisdictions. The new developments from last week’s report are noted in the chart below by an asterisk*. Case name Jurisdiction Judge…
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