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Magistrate Judge Wang denies OpenAI’s discovery motion in book authors cases re: fair use on same grounds as denial in New York Times lawsuit
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang denies OpenAI’s discovery motion in book authors cases re: fair use on same grounds as denial in New York Times lawsuitOn November 23, Magistrate Judge Ona Wang denied OpenAI’s motion to compel discovery of information relevant to New York Times’s own use of AI. Today, Judge Wang did the same in the lawsuits brought by book authors (including Authors Guild) against OpenAI and Microsoft. ORDER denying 232 Letter Motion for Local Rule 37.2 Conference. The…
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Parties file complex chart re: discovery disputes in Authors Guild v. OpenAI
Read more: Parties file complex chart re: discovery disputes in Authors Guild v. OpenAIThis next level chart shows the various discovery disputes that Magistrate Judge Ona Wang will resolve after an upcoming hearing in Authors Guild v. OpenAI. (The newspaper lawsuits against OpenAI have discovery disputes that Judge Wang will also resolve after this mega hearing.)
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Status of all 35 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Nov. 24, 2024): Concord Music v. Anthropic injunction hearing on Nov. 25; Thomson Reuters SJ hearing on Dec. 5. Standing becomes an issue. Cases march on.
Read more: Status of all 35 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Nov. 24, 2024): Concord Music v. Anthropic injunction hearing on Nov. 25; Thomson Reuters SJ hearing on Dec. 5. Standing becomes an issue. Cases march on.Here’s the latest on all 35 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Lots going on. Significant rulings Other developments Upcoming Hearings New developments since last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk*. Visit our Master List of all 35 copyright cases with attorneys and claims listed. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et…
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Joseph Saveri law firm files response to Sur-reply of Authors Guild Plaintiffs Opposing Tremblay Plaintiffs’ motion to intervene, dismiss, stay, or transfer actions
Read more: Joseph Saveri law firm files response to Sur-reply of Authors Guild Plaintiffs Opposing Tremblay Plaintiffs’ motion to intervene, dismiss, stay, or transfer actionsThere is a turf battle between the Tremblay plaintiffs, who filed their copyright lawsuit in the Northern District of California, and the Authors Guild and Alter plaintiffs, who filed their copyright lawsuit in the Southern District of New York. The Tremblay plaintiffs, represented by the Joseph Saveri law firm, wants to intervene in the Authors…
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Authors Guild Letter seeks compensation from AI companies for using authors’ writings in AI
Read more: Authors Guild Letter seeks compensation from AI companies for using authors’ writings in AIThe Authors Guild published an open letter demanding from AI companies fair compensation for the unlicensed use of their members’ writings to train AI and generate output.