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Anthropic files summary judgment motion on fair use in case by Bartz and other writers

In addition to Meta’s motion for partial summary judgment on fair use, we now have a second motion, this one brought by Anthropic, in the lawsuit filed by Andrea Bartz and other writers. Here’s a preview of the arguments by Anthropic: Download the brief below: Related Stories:
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Anthropic scores dismissal of secondary liability, DMCA CMI claims of Concord Music. Judge Lee grants leave to amend.

Anthropic just scored a decent victory at the motion to dismiss stage. Judge Lee granted Anthropic’s motions to dismiss the music publishers Concord Music and others’ claims against Anthropic
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Judge Lee denies Concord Music’s motion for preliminary injunction on Anthropic’s training of AI

At long last we finally have a decision on Concord Music’s motion for preliminary injunction. Judge Lee denied it. The motion was originally filed on Nov. 16, 2023 in the Middle District of Tennessee and was supported by amici briefs of stakeholders in the music industry. On Aug. 1, 2024, the motion was refiled in…
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Concord Music v. Anthropic dispute over whether Claude user information is discoverable

The parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic filed a statement outlining their respective positions on whether user information related to prompts on Anthropic’s generator Clause should be discoverable.
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Judge Alsup changes scheduling order, but makes fair use summary judgment motion simultaneous with motion for class certification.

Judge Alsup granted in part the defendant Anthropic’s request to alter the scheduling order, but rejected its request to make the summary judgment motion on fair use defense come before the potential class certification. Instead, Judge Alsup made them simultaneous: “Court ordered the following deadlines, modifying 49 Case Management Scheduling Order:Motion for Class Certification, opening…
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet released

Anthropic announced the release of its Claude 3.7 Sonnet, “our most intelligent model to date and the first hybrid reasoning model on the market.” “Claude 3.7 Sonnet can produce near-instant responses or extended, step-by-step thinking that is made visible to the user. API users also have fine-grained control over how long the model can think for. “Claude 3.7…
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Status of all 39 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Feb. 18, 2025): Judge Bibas rejects fair use in AI training in stunning reversal.

It’s been a hot minute since our last update. Here’s the latest on all 39 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. New cases Significant rulings Upcoming Hearings Visit our Master List of all copyright cases with attorneys and claims listed. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence…
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Benjamin Mann, co-founder of Anthropic, opposes deposition in Tremblay v. OpenAI re: the work he did for OpenAI in past

We are beginning to see some discovery skirmishes in the In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation. Benjamin Mann filed a motion to quash the subpoena lodged by the plaintiffs for his deposition. Mann points out that he doesn’t work for OpenAI and doesn’t have any special knowledge that current OpenAI employees wouldn’t know themselves. And, yet,…
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Anthropic valued at $60B

As reported first by the Wall Street Journal, the company Anthropic is seeking to raise $2 billion in new funding that values the AI startup at $60 billion. That is three times its valuation in 2024. However, it pales in comparison to OpenAI’s valuation of $157 billion.
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Judge Lee grants order by stipulation re: Anthropic to use guardrails

Judge Lee granted the order by stipulation of Concord Music plaintiffs and defendant Anthropic by which Anthropic has agreed to continue to use guardrails to avoid outputs of lyrics of the plaintiffs. This makes partially moot the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction. But the motion regarding stopping Anthropic from training of future AI models with…
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