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Magistrate Judge Cisneros grants Sarah Andersen’s discovery request for list of enterprise customers of Stability AI. “Information relevant to fair use,” including Factor 4.
Read more: Magistrate Judge Cisneros grants Sarah Andersen’s discovery request for list of enterprise customers of Stability AI. “Information relevant to fair use,” including Factor 4.In the visual artists’ lawsuit, Andersen v. Stability AI, Magistrate Judge Lisa Cisneros agreed with the plaintiffs that a list of all enterprise clients of Stability AI is relevant information to fair use, and market harm under Factor 4. “ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lisa J. Cisneros: The Court grants Plaintiffs’ request at ECF No. 454…
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Sarah Andersen’s copyright lawsuit, the 1st filed v. AI companies, gets pushed back again at her request
Read more: Sarah Andersen’s copyright lawsuit, the 1st filed v. AI companies, gets pushed back again at her requestIn Andersen v. Stability AI, Judge Orrick has granted most of Plaintiff Sarah Andersen’s request to push back the deadlines in the scheduling order by about 3 months. The hearing on summary judgment motions gets moved from Nov. 4, 2026 to February 17, 2027. For the very 1st copyright lawsuit filed against gen AI companies,…
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Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI filed status report to Judge Orrick ahead of Jan. 20 conference
Read more: Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI filed status report to Judge Orrick ahead of Jan. 20 conferenceThe Andersen v. Stability AI case appears to be moving along in discovery without major disagreement. The parties filed their status report ahead of the Jan. 20 status conference before Judge Orrick.
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Artist Plaintiffs seek leave to file 3rd amended complaint to add new allegations re DeviantArt’s alleged use of Zhang’s registered works
Read more: Artist Plaintiffs seek leave to file 3rd amended complaint to add new allegations re DeviantArt’s alleged use of Zhang’s registered worksIn Andersen v. Stability AI, plaintiffs are asking Judge Orrick leave to file a 3rd amended complaint to include new allegations related to defendant DeviantArt’s alleged use of registered works of plaintiff Zhang. Plaintiffs contend: “Defendants’ own documents, many of which were produced on the substantial completion deadline, reveal additional infringement beyond what the Second…
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Runway seeks discovery from Sarah Andersen, Jingna Zhang from Google GenAI case
Read more: Runway seeks discovery from Sarah Andersen, Jingna Zhang from Google GenAI caseIn Andersen v. Stability AI, Runway is asking Magistrate Judge Cisneros to order Plaintiffs Sarah Andersen and Jingna Zhang to produce discovery from another lawsuit in which they are involved, In re Google Generative AI Litigation. DOWNLOAD THE DISCOVERY LETTER
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Andersen, Midjourney ask Magistrate Judge to resolve 2 disputes over Midjourney’s filtering of training data, Artists’ trade dress
Read more: Andersen, Midjourney ask Magistrate Judge to resolve 2 disputes over Midjourney’s filtering of training data, Artists’ trade dressSarah Andersen Plaintiffs and Midjourney are asking Magistrate Judge Cisneros to resolve 2 discovery disputes: (1) Whether Midjourney has to provide further information related to its filtering of training data, (2) Whether Plaintiffs have to provide further information related to their alleged trade dress. DOWNLOAD LETTER RE: FILTERING OF DATA DOWNLOAD LETTER RE: ARTISTS’ TRADE…
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Sarah Andersen and DeviantArt dispute custodians
Read more: Sarah Andersen and DeviantArt dispute custodiansThe parties in Andersen v. Stability AI have raised a discovery dispute with Magistrate Judge Cisneros. Plaintiffs’ Position: Plaintiffs respectfully seek an order requiring DA to designate fourkey percipient witnesses as custodians: (1) Niran Lamay (Product Lead); (2) Nikolay Surovenko(Machine Learning Engineer); (3) Robert Woolfson (Head of Data); and (4) Sasha Lerner (VicePresident of Engineering),…
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Parties in Sarah Andersen v. Stability file discovery status report with no major disputes
Read more: Parties in Sarah Andersen v. Stability file discovery status report with no major disputesIt looks like discovery in the Andersen v. Stability AI is proceeding without major disputes. The parties their status report and appear to be resolving difference among themselves.
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Andersen v. Stability AI parties provide status report
Read more: Andersen v. Stability AI parties provide status reportThings appear to be humming along in discovery for the parties in Andersen v. Stability AI, which was the first of the gen AI lawsuits filed back in January 2023.
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Judge Orrick upholds barring Dr. Ben Zhao from confidential datasets of Stability AI, Midjourney. Major discovery win for defendants.
Read more: Judge Orrick upholds barring Dr. Ben Zhao from confidential datasets of Stability AI, Midjourney. Major discovery win for defendants.Not surprisingly, Judge Orrick upheld Magistrate Judge Cisneros’ ruling that barred the expert for Andersen artist plaintiffs, Dr. Ben Zhao, from accessing the confidential datasets and information of the defendants Stability AI, Midjourney, and others. Dr. Zhao is famous for developing self-help tools for artists, such as Nightshade, to “poison” copies of their works online…