Authors Guild – Chat GPT Is Eating the World

Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.

The U.S. copyright lawsuits against AI companies continue unabated. Here are the Top 5 news items: 1. Apple joins the copyright party. Although Apple has been roundly criticized for its slow development of Apple Intelligence, that hasn’t stopped book authors from suing Apple for copyright infringement in proposed class actions. In addition to the earlier…
Read more: Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.
Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.

It’s been a hot minute since our last status report. Right now, we are in the doldrums of discovery. We do not expect any other summary judgment decisions on fair use in AI training until summer 2026 at the earliest. So far, 3 judges ruled on fair use, 2 for and 1 against. But their…
Read more: Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.
Authors Guild, American Publishers Assn. CEOs listened to Judge Alsup’s scrutiny of their roles at settlement hearing in Bartz case. Then issued statements afterwards.

It’s a day after what feels like the most stunning hearing in any of the 50 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Yesterday, Judge Alsup aired his list of many “grievances” on the Bartz book authors’ proposed class action settlement for an estimated $1.5 billion, the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history. “We’ll see if I…
Read more: Authors Guild, American Publishers Assn. CEOs listened to Judge Alsup’s scrutiny of their roles at settlement hearing in Bartz case. Then issued statements afterwards.
On eve of hearing, Judge Alsup “disappointed” proposed settlement leaves issues unresolved, including Works and Class. Also wants Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger, American Publishers CEO Maria Pallante to attend.

On the eve of Monday’s hearing on the proposed class action settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic, Judge Alsup said he “is disappointed that counsel have left important questions to be answered in the future, including respecting the Works List, the Class List, the Claim Form, and, particularly for works with multiple claimants, the processes for…
Read more: On eve of hearing, Judge Alsup “disappointed” proposed settlement leaves issues unresolved, including Works and Class. Also wants Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger, American Publishers CEO Maria Pallante to attend.
Authors Guild seeks to amend complaint v. OpenAI, Microsoft to add vicarious liability v. Microsoft, Microsoft’s alleged copying of hundreds of thousands of works in “notorious pirated dataset Books3.”

The Authors Guild and Alter plaintiffs are seeking leave to amend their complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft to make these additions: OpenAI and Microsoft oppose the motion. I expect this motion to be granted. EXCERPTS FROM MOTION OF AUTHORS GUILD
Read more: Authors Guild seeks to amend complaint v. OpenAI, Microsoft to add vicarious liability v. Microsoft, Microsoft’s alleged copying of hundreds of thousands of works in “notorious pirated dataset Books3.”
Judge Stein issues opinion rejecting most of OpenAI’s motion to dismiss claims by newspapers, book authors. Judge now will preside over all copyright cases v. OpenAI, Microsoft.

Judge Stein his opinion rejecting many of OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the claims filed by the New York Times and other newspapers, and the Authors Guild and other book authors. Microsoft fared a tad better in getting the dismissal of all DMCA 1202(b)(1) claims against it, whereas OpenAI succeeded only in getting the New York…
Read more: Judge Stein issues opinion rejecting most of OpenAI’s motion to dismiss claims by newspapers, book authors. Judge now will preside over all copyright cases v. OpenAI, Microsoft.
Magistrate Judge Wang issues Modified Protective Order in Authors Guild case

Magistrate Judge Wang issued a modified stipulated protective order in the Authors Guild and book authors lawsuit.
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Magistrate Judge Wang to hold conference re deposition coordination in newspapers, books cases

The Court will hold an In-Person “Settlement Conference” on deposition protocols on March 7, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 20D, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007.
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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…
Read more: Status of all 39 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Feb. 18, 2025): Judge Bibas rejects fair use in AI training in stunning reversal.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei opposes deposition as non-party in book authors, Authors Guild suit

Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, has filed his opposition as a non-party to his deposition in the In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation as well as the Authors Guild suit against OpenAI. To download Amodei’s brief: Related Stories
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