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AI Copyright Wars escalate: 8 cases this week sets record. Suno, Anthropic hit with yet another music lawsuit.
Read more: AI Copyright Wars escalate: 8 cases this week sets record. Suno, Anthropic hit with yet another music lawsuit.The AI Copyright Wars are escalating. We just set a record for most copyright suits filed in 1 week in the last 4 years since the War started: 8 new AI copyright suits in 1 week, which is not yet over. Yesterday, both Suno and Anthropic were hit with copyright lawsuits filed by the same…
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Judge Lee hears SJ motions in Concord Music v. Anthropic I. The 1st district judge to consider fair use since Bartz and Kadrey.
Read more: Judge Lee hears SJ motions in Concord Music v. Anthropic I. The 1st district judge to consider fair use since Bartz and Kadrey.At 10 am PT, Judge Eumi Lee holds a hearing in Concord Music v. Anthropic I on summary judgment and Daubert motions. Expect a long hearing for the complex set of issues. This is the first district judge to hold a hearing on summary judgment motions regarding fair use in AI training since Bartz and…
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Poseidon Wave Media sues German AI co. Black Forest Labs for alleged copyright infringement of music files
Read more: Poseidon Wave Media sues German AI co. Black Forest Labs for alleged copyright infringement of music filesGerman AI companies have joined the AI Copyright Wars. Poseidon Wave Media just sued the German Black Forest Labs in the Eastern District of New York for alleged infringement of Poseidon’s music files for training of Black Forest Labs’ AI models underlying its FLUX platform for video generation. This is copyright lawsuit No. 154 against…
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After filing 5 near identical suits for 292 book authors v. Meta, Plaintiffs’ firms say total will reach 1,000 plaintiffs. New strategy in AI Copyright Wars: who needs class actions?
Read more: After filing 5 near identical suits for 292 book authors v. Meta, Plaintiffs’ firms say total will reach 1,000 plaintiffs. New strategy in AI Copyright Wars: who needs class actions?The plaintiffs’ firms Stris & Maher and Freedman Normand are deploying a new strategy in the AI Copyright Wars. Up till now, the proposed class action has been the go-to strategy of many plaintiffs’ firms that have filed copyright lawsuits against AI companies. After first representing book authors who opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic class…
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Historic moment: Copyright suits v. AI Cos. hits 150. Older v. Meta, another book author suit filed on same day as Winspear v. Meta.
Read more: Historic moment: Copyright suits v. AI Cos. hits 150. Older v. Meta, another book author suit filed on same day as Winspear v. Meta.In a suit nearly identical to the just filedWinspear v. Meta, 57 book authors, including lead plaintiff Daniel Jose Older, filed suit against Meta today, alleging the same theories of copyright liability. Both Winspear and Older will likely be assigned to Judge Chhabria, who presides over all the book authors and publisher cases against Meta.…
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Kevin Kelly, NYT Bestselling book author, founding executive editor of Wired magazine, files proposed Amicus Brief in support of OpenAI’s fair use
Read more: Kevin Kelly, NYT Bestselling book author, founding executive editor of Wired magazine, files proposed Amicus Brief in support of OpenAI’s fair useIn the OpenAI MDL litigation, the New York Times bestselling book author and founding executive editor of Wired, Kevin Kelly, just filed a proposed amicus brief vigorously defending fair use in OpenAI’s training of its models. This is the first amicus brief Kelly has filed in any of the AI cases. The brief was filed…
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Stability AI, DeviantArt, Runway AI each file motions to dismiss EVOX Productions’ claims
Read more: Stability AI, DeviantArt, Runway AI each file motions to dismiss EVOX Productions’ claimsIn EVOX Productions v. Stability AI, the 3 defendants, Stability AI, DeviantArt, and Runway AI filed separate motions to dismiss EVOX’s claims. Some of the recent motions to dismiss filed in this and other cases do appear to raise some plausible grounds for dismissal. It will be interesting to see, for example, whether any of…
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Judge Breyer moves hearing on summary judgment, Daubert motions in Mosaic LLM case to Dec. 18 via Zoom
Read more: Judge Breyer moves hearing on summary judgment, Daubert motions in Mosaic LLM case to Dec. 18 via ZoomJudge Breyer just changed the hearing on the summary judgment and Daubert motions from Oct. 30, 2026 to Dec. 18, 2026 via Zoom. Here is the Order: Looks like he’s going to a Zoom hearing and moving the date to 12/18/2026: CLERK’S NOTICE VACATING MOTION Hearing set for October 30, 2026 before the Honorable Charles…
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Judge Pitts holds CM conference in Shakespeare v. Anthropic
Read more: Judge Pitts holds CM conference in Shakespeare v. AnthropicAs reported on the docket: “Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge P. Casey Pitts: Initial Case Management Conference held on 10/15/2026. Within 28 days, the parties shall file a stipulation selecting ADR process. If the selected process is private ADR, the parties shall also identify the private mediator. Scheduling Order to issue. Plaintiff’s Attorney:…
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8 States sue OpenAI for child safety concerns. PDF COMPLAINTs. Why bankruptcy is now in the picture for OpenAI.
Read more: 8 States sue OpenAI for child safety concerns. PDF COMPLAINTs. Why bankruptcy is now in the picture for OpenAI.Following recent successes in a social media addiction lawsuit filed by Colorado, New Jersey and Kentucky against Facebook that resulted in a $16.7 billion settlement, 8 states have now sued OpenAI based on theories of alleged harms to both children and adults using ChatGPT. The 8 states each filed their suits in their own states…