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Judge Martínez-Olguín approves historic Bartz v. Anthropic Class Action settlement but reduces attorneys’ fee award to $101,561,111 instead of $187,500,000 sought
Read more: Judge Martínez-Olguín approves historic Bartz v. Anthropic Class Action settlement but reduces attorneys’ fee award to $101,561,111 instead of $187,500,000 soughtJudge Araceli Martínez-Olguín just issued the final approval of the historic $1.5 billion class action settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic. The Judge approved the settlement but reduced the attorneys’ fee award from the requested $187.5 million to $101,561,111. Instead of the “a multiplier of 6.92 on Class Counsel’s estimated lodestar of $27,082,963” sought by Class…
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After Judge Hellerstein denies leave to amend to add 30,000 songs to case, Sony Music turns around and files a 2d lawsuit v. Udio alleging 30,000 songs infringed
Read more: After Judge Hellerstein denies leave to amend to add 30,000 songs to case, Sony Music turns around and files a 2d lawsuit v. Udio alleging 30,000 songs infringedSony Music Entertainment just sued Uncharted Labs d/b/a Udio in a second copyright lawsuit to allege Udio infringed 30,000+ additional songs. The second lawsuit comes less than a month after Judge Hellerstein denied Sony leave to amend the complaint to add those 30,000+ additional songs. See his Order below: This strategy is similar to the…
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Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 128
Read more: Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 128We updated the U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. The new total = 128. We added 13 new cases since mid June’s map. How many lawwsuits do you predict by the end of 2026? DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE MAP WITH LINKS TO EACH DOCKET:
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Launch of our new AI Data Center Lawsuits Tracker
Read more: Launch of our new AI Data Center Lawsuits TrackerThe majority of Americans oppose the building of new data centers in their neighborhoods, an issue that Gallup polled in May 2026. I’ll have more commentary on this poll in a future post. To add to our array of trackers — since Americans apparently like tracker maps — we created a dedicated page to track…
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Cox Communications decision continues to wipe out contributory infringement claims in lawsuits v. AI companies
Read more: Cox Communications decision continues to wipe out contributory infringement claims in lawsuits v. AI companiesAdd the Advanced Local Media plaintiffs to the list of plaintiffs dropping their contributory infringement claims against AI companies after the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment. I expect most of these lawsuits will drop the contributory infringement claim or ultimately have it dismissed. A few plaintiffs may try to…
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Ted Entertainment files 1st amended complaint v. Apple to add more allegations of TPM access control issue
Read more: Ted Entertainment files 1st amended complaint v. Apple to add more allegations of TPM access control issueInstead of responding to Apple’s motion to dismiss, Ted Entertainment filed a First Amended Complaint, trying to beef up its allegations that YouTube videos have access-control TPMs that get protection under the DMCA anti-circumvention provision, Section 1201(a). Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE 1ST AMENDED COMPLAINT
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Should Hachette and Cengage have to pay Google’s legal fees after publishers seek to withdraw their motion to intervene in case
Read more: Should Hachette and Cengage have to pay Google’s legal fees after publishers seek to withdraw their motion to intervene in caseIn re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation just got interesting.Google has asked Judge Eumi Lee to order Hachette and Cengage publishers to reimburse Google for the attorneys’ fees it cost to respond to their belated motion to intervene. Hachette and Cengage recently filed a new lawsuit in the SDNY and sought to withdraw this motion…
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Judge Orrick recuses from SEIU Pension Plan v. Adobe
Read more: Judge Orrick recuses from SEIU Pension Plan v. AdobeJudge Orrick recused himself from SEUI Pension Plan v. Adobe, the copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit.
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Kunlun, Skywork AI move to dismiss Attack the Sound complaint
Read more: Kunlun, Skywork AI move to dismiss Attack the Sound complaintDefendants Kunlun and Skywork AI moved to dismiss the complaint filed by Attack the Sound in the Northern District of Illinois. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE MOTION TO DISMISS
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Google hit with 2d AI copyright suit in 2 days. Publishers sue Google for the 1st time for alleged infringement in its AI model Gemini
Read more: Google hit with 2d AI copyright suit in 2 days. Publishers sue Google for the 1st time for alleged infringement in its AI model GeminiThe AI Copyright Wars are escalating. Google was just hit with its 2d copyright lawsuit in 2 days. Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, the book author Scott Turow, and S.C.R.I.B.E filed a class action copyright suit in the Southern District of New York. It’s similar to the suit they filed against Meta and Mark…