AI Copyright Wars – Page 28 – Chat GPT Is Eating the World

Judge Breyer deems Tanzer, Alexander v. Saleforce related cases

As stipulated by the parties, Judge Breyer has deemed the Alexander v. Salesforce suit related to the prior Tanzer v. Salesforce suit.
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Pretrial schedule in Disney v. Midjourney is set

Judge Kronstadt issued the pretrial schedule for the Disney v. Midjourney suit. DOWNLOAD THE ORDER
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Reflections on Judge McMahon’s denial of partial motion to dismiss Advance Local Media’s Complaint v. Cohere

On Nov. 13, 2025, Judge McMahon issued her ruling denying Cohere’s partial motion to dismiss Advance Local Media’s Complaint. Summarized here: Today, I will take a closer look at the copyright part of the court’s ruling. A. Cohere attempted to dismiss the “substitutive summaries” theory of infringement Judge McMahon rejected Cohere’s argument on “substitutive summaries“:…
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Judge Alsup orders all parties and enlisted class help including Association of American Publishers, Authors Guild to preserve all communications re opt out, claims to class members

Just when Bartz book authors’ Class Counsel prevailed in securing an interim order against ClaimsHero from making misleading overtures to members of the class to opt out, Class Counsel may have inflamed a new controversy over the opt out process. ClaimsHero has modified its website as Judge Alsup ordered. But, on Sunday, Judge Alsup raised…
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ClaimsHero modifies webpage for Anthropic case to comply with Judge Alsup’s interim order

I found the revised webpage for the Anthropic case on ClaimHero’s website: Let’s how it complies with Judge Alsup’s interim order below:
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Judge Gonzalez Rogers consolidates Martinez-Conde, Alexander book author suits with Hendrix book author suit v. Apple. All filings now under Hendrix v. Apple.

Judge Gonzalez Rogers now presides over all 3 book author copyright lawsuits against Apple for alleged use of shadow libraries. All filings will be under the docket for the first filed case, Hendrix v. Apple.
Read more: Judge Gonzalez Rogers consolidates Martinez-Conde, Alexander book author suits with Hendrix book author suit v. Apple. All filings now under Hendrix v. Apple.
Judge Kronstadt order for Disney v. Midjourney to private mediation, ADR Procedure No. 3 with deadline of Aug. 19, 2026

As the parties in Disney v. Midjourney agreed, they will at some point engage in private mediation. Judge Kronstadt set the deadline for Aug. 19, 2026. Meanwhile, the case proceeds on, consolidated with the Warner Brothers v. Midjourney case.
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Judge Saylor grants Suno leave to file reply to Anthony Justice’s opposition to motion to dismiss

Judge Saylor granted Suno’s request to file a 15 page reply to Anthony Justice’s opposition to their motion to dismiss. The reply is due Nov. 21, 2025. Suno argued that Justice raised several new arguments in their opposition: “On November 10, 2025, Plaintiffs filed their opposition to Suno’s motion. See Dkt. No. 33. The opposition…
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Bartz Class Counsel answers Judge Alsup’s questions about opt out timing and process

Bartz Class Counsel filed an answer to Judge Alsup’s request for information and concern about the early opt out process before class notice has been sent. Class Counsel says: (1) “The answer is Section 2 of the Plan of Allocation and Distribution (POA&D), Dkt. 401-1. That section expressly provides that ‘[o]pt-out requests and Claim Forms…
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Judge Alsup raises new concerns about class members filing claims for 60,000 works before (i) direct notice and (ii) claims form lacking info on right to opt out. Asks Bartz Class Counsel if they informed court many class claims would occur before direct notice sent.

Judge Alsup issued an order Sunday afternoon expressing more concerns with how Bartz Class Counsel has implemented the claims process for people within the class. Today’s concern is with how already 60,000 works in the class, or over 12%, have been subject to claims. Usually that decent percentage of class participation would be a positive…
Read more: Judge Alsup raises new concerns about class members filing claims for 60,000 works before (i) direct notice and (ii) claims form lacking info on right to opt out. Asks Bartz Class Counsel if they informed court many class claims would occur before direct notice sent.

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