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Jill Leovy (JL) files opposition to Google’s motion to dismiss
Read more: Jill Leovy (JL) files opposition to Google’s motion to dismissNot sure when it happened, but the anonymous plaintifs in J.L. v. Alphabet have revealed themselves in their opposition to Google’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint. The lead plaintiff is Jill Leovy (J.L.).
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Status of all 20 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Mar. 15, 2024)
Read more: Status of all 20 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Mar. 15, 2024)Here’s the latest status report of the copyright lawsuits against AI companies as of March 15, 2024. We have two new lawsuits brought by three book authors (Stewart O’Nan, Abdi Nazemian, and Brian Keene), one against Nvidia and the other against Mosaic ML and Databricks. That brings the total copyright lawsuits filed against AI companies…
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New York Times replies to OpenAI’s motion to dismiss in testy exchange
Read more: New York Times replies to OpenAI’s motion to dismiss in testy exchangeThe New York Times swung back at OpenAI, which had accused the newspaper of hiring someone to “hack” ChatGPT to generated the examples of regurgitation used for the complaint NYT filed against OpenAI. The New York Times blasted OpenAI right from the get-go: Lacking any real grounds for dismissal, OpenAI devotes much of its filing…
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AI milestone: copyright lawsuits hit 20 w/ O’Nan v. Databricks, Mosaic ML. Joseph Saveri Law firm raises its total to 7 AI lawsuits.
Read more: AI milestone: copyright lawsuits hit 20 w/ O’Nan v. Databricks, Mosaic ML. Joseph Saveri Law firm raises its total to 7 AI lawsuits.It was bound to happen. The copyright lawsuits against AI companies has reached 20. Book authors Stewart O’Nan, Abdi Nazemian, and Brian Keene have sued MosaicML and Databricks for the former’s alleged direct infringement based on its unauthorized use of their books to train its LLM. Databricks acquired MosaicML in July 2023 and is sued…
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (Mar. 12, 2024)
Read more: Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (Mar. 12, 2024)Here’s the latest status report of the copyright lawsuits against AI companies as of March 12, 2024. We have a new lawsuit against Nvidia brought by three book authors in Abdi Nazemian v. NVIDIA Corp. That brings the total lawsuits filed to 19, 18 of which are pending (Huckabee’s lawsuit was voluntary dismissed by stipulation).…
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Book authors sue NVIDIA for alleged AI copyright infringement (Complaint)
Read more: Book authors sue NVIDIA for alleged AI copyright infringement (Complaint)The Joseph R. Saveri is back at it again, this time bringing a proposed class action lawsuit against GPU chipmaker NVIDIA for allegedly infringing the copyrights of book authors Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian and Stewart O’Nan as a part of NVIDIA’s use of a book dataset that included their writings to train NVIDIA’s NeMo AI model.…
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Judge Martínez-Olguín rejects Plaintiffs’ motion in California case to enjoin OpenAI from defending different lawsuit in New York
Read more: Judge Martínez-Olguín rejects Plaintiffs’ motion in California case to enjoin OpenAI from defending different lawsuit in New YorkThe Joseph Saveri Law Firm, representing the book author plaintiffs in In re ChatGPT Litigation in the Northern District of California, filed a curious motion to enjoin OpenAI from defending itself in the different case, Authors Guild v. OpenAI, filed in the Southern District of New York. The Joseph Saveri Law Firm appeared to be…
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The Ultraman problem: China court rules AI company liable for infringing images of superhero
Read more: The Ultraman problem: China court rules AI company liable for infringing images of superheroAs reported by the Global Times, the Guangzhou Internet Court has ruled that an AI company that provided a text-to-image generator to paid subscribers was liable for copyright infringement based on the generation of the comic character Ultraman or similar figures. The AI generated images violated the reproduction and adaptation rights of the author. The…
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (Feb. 29 , 2024)
Read more: Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (Feb. 29 , 2024)Here’s the latest status report of the copyright lawsuits against AI companies as of Feb. 29, 2024. Highlights of this week: Also, please visit our Master List of all cases, which we just reorganized by juridisctions. Status of U.S. Copyright Lawsuits v. AI Cos. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH…
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OpenAI sued again, now by The Intercept, Raw Story, AlterNet. (Complaints)
Read more: OpenAI sued again, now by The Intercept, Raw Story, AlterNet. (Complaints)The copyright lawsuits keep coming. This time, the Internet news sites Raw Story, AlterNet, and The Intercept have sued OpenAI in two lawsuits in the Southern District of New York. (First reported by The Daily Beast.) Very surprisingly, the two complaints allege only claims for removal of copyright management information under Section 1202 of the…