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Bartz book authors gear up for class action trial v. Anthropic. Add legal firepower and ask Judge Alsup to approve class notice.
Read more: Bartz book authors gear up for class action trial v. Anthropic. Add legal firepower and ask Judge Alsup to approve class notice.The Bartz book author plaintiffs are trying to strike while the iron is hot. They added more legal firepower to their team including Samuel Issacharoff, the Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law at the New York University School of Law and the reporter for the American Law Institute’s Principles of Aggregate Litigation, who…
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Concord Music cites Judge Alsup to justify adding new claims related to BitTorrent of lyrics. Anthropic’s woes grow.
Read more: Concord Music cites Judge Alsup to justify adding new claims related to BitTorrent of lyrics. Anthropic’s woes grow.Concord Music and other publishers have asked Judge Lee to change the scheduling order to allow them time to add new allegations related to Anthropic’s use of BitTorrent to illegally download their lyrics from shadow libraries. Judge Alsup’s opinion in Bartz v. Anthropic is attributed as the source of these new allegations: “Judge Alsup’s Bartz…
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Judge Alsup denies Anthropic’s motion for stay–and further justifies decision on library building, class certification.
Read more: Judge Alsup denies Anthropic’s motion for stay–and further justifies decision on library building, class certification.Judge Alsup denied Anthropic’s request to stay the case, pending its seeking of Rule23(f) interlocutory appeal. Anthropic will likely ask the 9th Circuit for a stay as permitted under Rule 23(f). Judge Alsup’s denial of a stay was no surprise. He’s been steadfast in maintaining the December 1 trial date, plus he indicated he would…
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Bartz response to show cause re waiver of Anthropic’s attorney-client privilege
Read more: Bartz response to show cause re waiver of Anthropic’s attorney-client privilegeBartz recently filed its response to Judge Alsup’s order to show cause why Anthropic has not waived attorney client privilege by raising an innocent infringement defense. Summary of Argument DOWNLOAD THE RESPONSE Anthropic’s Summary of Argument Download Anthropic’s Response
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Judge Alsup asked OpenAI’s attorney to appear at today’s discovery hearing
Read more: Judge Alsup asked OpenAI’s attorney to appear at today’s discovery hearingJudge Alsup held a discovery hearing today in Bartz v. Anthropic. The dispute apparently involves OpenAI because Judge Alsup asked OpenAI’s attorney to appear at hearing. Still waiting to hear what transpired at the hearing. Judge Alsup’s Order Original Order
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Judge Lee moves hearing on Anthropic’s motion to dismiss from Jul. 30 to Sept. 3
Read more: Judge Lee moves hearing on Anthropic’s motion to dismiss from Jul. 30 to Sept. 3Judge Lee just moved the hearing on Anthropic’s motion to dismiss the first amended complaint filed by music publishers from July 30 to Sept. 3, 10 AM in San Jose, Courtroom 7, 4th floor. Not a big deal but probably not the best of news for Anthropic, which is facing potentially existential liability in statutory…