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First Amendment defenses gaining popularity in AI copyright suits
Read more: First Amendment defenses gaining popularity in AI copyright suitsA week after Anthropic raised a First Amendment defense in response to Daniel Benjamin Gilbert’s copyright suit, Perplexity has done the same in the suit filed against it by Reddit. Elon Musk, Tesla, and Warner Brothers Discovery had already raised a First Amendment defense back in March 2026. To my knowledge, Musk was the first…
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Magistrate Judge defers ruling on whether Elon Musk will be deposed in Alcon Entertainment’s copyright suit
Read more: Magistrate Judge defers ruling on whether Elon Musk will be deposed in Alcon Entertainment’s copyright suitMagistrate Judge Oliver deferred ruling on whether Alon Entertainment, the plaintiff, should get the chance to depose Elon Musk. With Mark Zuckerberg being deposed twice in Kadrey v. Meta, it’s hard to see any reason why Musk shouldn’t be required to sit for a deposition. In fact, Musk used the alleged infringing still image at…
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Alcon Entertainment wants to depose Elon Musk over alleged infringement of Bladerunner 2049
Read more: Alcon Entertainment wants to depose Elon Musk over alleged infringement of Bladerunner 2049Alcon Entertainment is asking Judge Wu to compel the deposition of Elon Musk in the lawsuit over his and Tesla’s alleged infringement of the movie Blade Runner 2049. Alcon Entertainment’s position excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE PARTIES’ POSITIONS
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Elon Musk, Tesla, Warner Brothers Discovery raise First Amendment defense in use of scene allegedly similar to Blade Runner 2049
Read more: Elon Musk, Tesla, Warner Brothers Discovery raise First Amendment defense in use of scene allegedly similar to Blade Runner 2049The First Amendment has entered the picture. Elon Musk, Tesla, and Warner Brothers Discovery have all raised a First Amendment defense, even ordering it ahead of their fair use defense. The case involves Musk’s use of a scene shown below in a Tesla event. Tesla had earlier tried to license the use of a still…
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Judge Wu allows copyright suit v. Elon Musk to proceed. Alcon Entm’t alleges Musk infringed copyright for Bladerunner 2049 movie.
Read more: Judge Wu allows copyright suit v. Elon Musk to proceed. Alcon Entm’t alleges Musk infringed copyright for Bladerunner 2049 movie.After a hearing, Judge Wu adopted his tentative ruling as his final ruling, rejecting Elon Musk and Tesla’s motion to dismiss the copyright suit filed by the movie studio Alcon Entertainment. This was no surprise.
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Judge Wu’s tentative ruling rejects Elon Musk’s motion to dismiss copyright claim related to Bladerunner 2049 scene
Read more: Judge Wu’s tentative ruling rejects Elon Musk’s motion to dismiss copyright claim related to Bladerunner 2049 sceneAlcon Entertainment v. Tesla and Elon Musk appears about to get past the motion to dismiss stage. Finally. We are on the Third Amended Complaint. Judge Wu issued his tentative ruling: the movie studio behind Bladerunner 2049 has made sufficient allegations that Elon Musk and Tesla infringed the studio’s copyright by using an image substantially…
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Elon Musk argues alleged use of still from Bladerunner 2049 was fair use as a matter of law
Read more: Elon Musk argues alleged use of still from Bladerunner 2049 was fair use as a matter of lawElon Musk and Tesla filed their reply in support of their motion to dismiss Alcon Entertainment’s copyright lawsuit related to an alleged use of a still shot from the movie Bladerunner 2049. Besides disputing infringement, Musk and Tesla argue fair use as a matter of law. Excerpt from Reply of Elon Musk and Tesla: DOWNLOAD…
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Alon Entm’t opposes Elon Musk’s motion to dismiss 3rd amended complaint
Read more: Alon Entm’t opposes Elon Musk’s motion to dismiss 3rd amended complaintThe Alcon Entertainment v. Tesla is in its third round of motions to dismiss. This one to the Third Amended Complaint. In December 2025, Elon Musk and Tesla filed their third motion. Alcon recently filed its opposition. DOWNLOAD ALCON ENTERTAINMENT’S BRIEF Related Stories
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Elon Musk, Tesla assert fair use defense for alleged use of Blade Runner 2049 still
Read more: Elon Musk, Tesla assert fair use defense for alleged use of Blade Runner 2049 stillThings just got a bit more interesting in the Alcon Entertainment v. Tesla case. For the background to this copyright lawsuit, see our prior post: After 2 rounds of motions to dismiss and a Third Amended Complaint, Tesla and Elon Musk filed another motion to dismiss. As you can see from the Table of Contents,…
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Briefing schedule set for Tesla’s, Musk’s motion to dismiss Alcon Entertainment’s Third Amended Complaint
Read more: Briefing schedule set for Tesla’s, Musk’s motion to dismiss Alcon Entertainment’s Third Amended ComplaintAs requested by the parties, Judge Wu set the scheduling order for Tesla and Elon Musk’s motion to dismiss Alcon Entertainment’s Third Amended Complaint. The case is stayed for Warner Brothers Discovery pending the resolution of the motion to dismiss. Wild this case hasn’t yet.