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Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (Jun. 14, 2024): 1st trial in AI cases nears, Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence
Read more: Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (Jun. 14, 2024): 1st trial in AI cases nears, Thomson Reuters v. ROSS IntelligenceHere’s the latest news in all 24 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. We have exciting news: The new developments from last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk*. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas *Joint Letter to The Honorable Stephanos Bibas…
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Judge Rakoff order grants The Intercept Media leave to amend complaint to add specific factual allegations of OpenAI’s infringement of its works
Read more: Judge Rakoff order grants The Intercept Media leave to amend complaint to add specific factual allegations of OpenAI’s infringement of its worksJudge Rakoff didn’t dismiss The Intercept’s complaint, but issued an order granting leave to the plaintiff to amend its complaint to “rectify some of the seeming lack of specificity in its current complaint.” The Intercept Media has until Friday, June 21, to amend its complaint.
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Danish media threatens to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement if it doesn’t strike deal
Read more: Danish media threatens to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement if it doesn’t strike dealWired reports that “Karen Rønde, CEO of the Danish Press Publications’ Collective Management Organization (DPCMO), which represents 99 percent of Danish media outlets, including state broadcaster DR and TV 2. Rønde says the DPCMO plans to sue if a deal is not reached in the next year.” Rønde has reportedly sent a demand letter to…
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Status report on all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (Jun. 6, 2024): J.L. v. Alphabet dismissed; Nvidia hires Neal Katyal
Read more: Status report on all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (Jun. 6, 2024): J.L. v. Alphabet dismissed; Nvidia hires Neal KatyalHere’s the latest status report on all 24 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. The new developments from last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk (*). Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas Trial on the copyright issues will begin on August 26, 2024,…
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NVIDIA hires Neal Katyal for defense in AI copyright lawsuit
Read more: NVIDIA hires Neal Katyal for defense in AI copyright lawsuitNVIDIA just hit $3 trillion in market cap, the second largest amount for a U.S. public company behind Microsoft and eclipsing even Apple. NVIDIA also recently hired Neal Katyal, the former Acting Solicitor General and current partner at Hogen Lovells, to be a part of the defense team in the AI copyright lawsuit Nazemian v.…
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Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 31, 2024): NYT is willing to give up use of Exhibit J at trial. What?
Read more: Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 31, 2024): NYT is willing to give up use of Exhibit J at trial. What?A few notable developments in the copyright litigation against AI companies. Hard to believe a discovery dispute can be the most significant development this week. But it is. The new developments from last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk (*). Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence…
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Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 23, 2024)
Read more: Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 23, 2024)This week was quieter on the litigation front. Most of the attention this week was over Scarlett Johanssen’s pointed objection to OpenAI’s use of an AI voice for GPT-4o that sounded like her, after she twice declined Sam Altman’s request to do voice work for ChatGPT. The Wall St. Journal even has a front page…
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Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 17, 2024)
Read more: Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 17, 2024)Here’s the latest status report in all 24 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. This week’s new developments from the last status report are indicated by an asterisk (*). Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas Trial on the copyright issues will begin…
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Judge Breyer grants motion to call Makkai v. Databricks related to O’Nan v. Databricks
Read more: Judge Breyer grants motion to call Makkai v. Databricks related to O’Nan v. DatabricksJudge Breyer granted the Joseph Saveri Law Firm’s motion to declare the later-filed case of Makkai v. Databricks a related case to the earlier filed case of O’Nan v. Databricks over which Judge Breyer presides. Almost immediately, Makkai v. Databricks was resassigned from Judge Whyte in San Jose to Judge Breyer in San Francisco. We…
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (May 10, 2024): Judge Orrick tentative suggests Plaintiffs’ theory of “compressed copies” in Stable Diffusion model may survive motion to dismiss
Read more: Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (May 10, 2024): Judge Orrick tentative suggests Plaintiffs’ theory of “compressed copies” in Stable Diffusion model may survive motion to dismissHere’s this week’s status report of all 24 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. (1) The biggest development since last week’s report was Judge Orrick’s tentative rulings on the defendants’ motion to dismiss the first amended complaint in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI. Judge Orrick indicated that he’s “inclined to DENY all motions to dismiss…