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Suno seeks impoundment of total number of audio files used to train model
Read more: Suno seeks impoundment of total number of audio files used to train modelIn UMG Recordings v. Suno, “Suno requests impoundment of two discrete references to the number of audio files Plaintiffs allege Suno used to train its generative AI model (the ‘Model Training Figure’). As Suno explained in support of its earlier request for impoundment of this same information, the Model Training Figure is intentionally nonpublic and…
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Judge Tigar recuses himself from newly filed Shakespeare v. Anthropic
Read more: Judge Tigar recuses himself from newly filed Shakespeare v. AnthropicJudge Jon S. Tigar issued an order of recusal from the newly filed Shakespeare v. Anthropic. There’s a good chance this case will be considered a case related to the earliest filed book author suit, Carreyrou v. Anthropic before Judge Pitts, who could get all the book author / publisher suits against Anthropic other than Bartz…
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Magistrate Judge Richlin mostly denies Midjourney’s motion to compel discovery re: Disney’s own use or development of AI and prompts used to generate examples from Midjourney not used in Complaint
Read more: Magistrate Judge Richlin mostly denies Midjourney’s motion to compel discovery re: Disney’s own use or development of AI and prompts used to generate examples from Midjourney not used in ComplaintMagistrate Judge Richlin mostly denied Midjourney’s attempt to get discovery of Disney’s own use or development of AI. Judge Richlin found such use irrelevant to Midjourney’s fair use defense, citing a similar ruling in the In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation. The judge also ruled that Disney’s prompts used to generate allegedly infringing outputs on…
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Shakespeare sues Anthropic & Dario Amodei for copyright infringement. New suit filed by 100 authors. Plaintiffs seek up to $71.4 million from Anthropic.
Read more: Shakespeare sues Anthropic & Dario Amodei for copyright infringement. New suit filed by 100 authors. Plaintiffs seek up to $71.4 million from Anthropic.As Anthropic’s valuation as a company grows so do the number of copyright lawsuits against it. Today, Thomas William Shakespeare from London, along with 99 other authors, sued Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei, and co-founder Benjamin Mann in the Northern District of California. All 100 authors allegedly opted out of the Bartz class settlement (with Laura…
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Adobe directors, officers sued again by shareholders for Adobe’s alleged use of SlimPajama dataset to train AI
Read more: Adobe directors, officers sued again by shareholders for Adobe’s alleged use of SlimPajama dataset to train AIAdobe directors and officers were sued again by shareholders. Hirschberger v. Narayen, filed in the Northern District of California, is similar to SEIU Pension Plan v. Narayen before Judge Orrick. The theory is that Adobe misrepresented that it was training its AI models on licensed content and instead relied on unlicensed materials in the SlimPajama…
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Book publishers sue WeLib, “a free digital library platform offering over 43 million books and 98 million academic papers”
Read more: Book publishers sue WeLib, “a free digital library platform offering over 43 million books and 98 million academic papers”After getting a default judgment against Anna’s Archive, Apress Media and other big book publishers are suing WeLib, “a free digital library platform offering over 43 million books and 98 million academic papers.” This is copyright lawsuit No. 116. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE COMPLAINT:
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UMG Recordings files reply in support of leave to file 2d Amended Complaint v. Suno
Read more: UMG Recordings files reply in support of leave to file 2d Amended Complaint v. SunoUMG Recordings filed its reply in support of its motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, adding more than 60,000 works to the scope of the copyright infringement claim. Suno’s opposition is here: The case is before Judge Saylor in the District of Massachusetts. Excerpt of UMG Recordings’ reply: DOWNLOAD THE REPLY OF…
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New York Times’ contributory infringement claims fails under Supreme Court’s standard set forth in Cox Communications, says OpenAI
Read more: New York Times’ contributory infringement claims fails under Supreme Court’s standard set forth in Cox Communications, says OpenAIThe Supreme Court’s recent clarification in Cox Communication v. Sony Music Entertainment that claims for contributory infringement under copyright law requires proof of intentional conduct by a provider of a service has now entered the picture in one of the most important set of cases, In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation. As we predicted, Cox…