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Bartz files supplementary brief re: class certification. Shows difficulty of defining a common class.

One of the sleeper issues in the lawsuits filed by book authors against Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, and others is whether the courts will certify a class of book authors in any of the lawsuits. Last week, Judge Alsup was the first federal judge to consider a motion for class certification in one of these AI…
Read more: Bartz files supplementary brief re: class certification. Shows difficulty of defining a common class.
Anthropic files supplemental brief to answer Judge Alsup’s question on non-class member suing for same copyrighted work

Anthropic filed a supplemental brief in response to a question Judge Alsup apparently asked during the hearing on the motion of Bartz for class certification. Question: Is there case law on the effect on Anthropic if one legal or beneficial owner of a copyright in a work is included in one of the proposed classes…
Read more: Anthropic files supplemental brief to answer Judge Alsup’s question on non-class member suing for same copyrighted work
Judge Alsup has concerns about proposed nationwide class of book authors

At yesterday’s hearing, Judge William Alsup reportedly had expressed some concerns about the proposed class action of book authors in Bartz v. Anthopic. According to Isaiah Poritz of Bloomberg Law, Judge Alsup had “sympathy for that problem” of lumping together in a class different book authors with competing or conflicting interests. Alsup reportedly “said class…
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Google files motion to strike plaintiffs’ broad class allegations as improper “fail safe” class

We are finally beginning to see some legal challenge to the scope and definition of the classes in the lawsuits against AI companies. Google filed a motion to strike allegations related what it argues is a “fail-safe class,” which is improper. Here’s a bit of Google’s argument: One category of classes that fails the requirements…
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New AI lawsuit: Christopher Farnsworth v. Meta Platforms. Lawsuits hit 32.

Another proposed class-action copyright lawsuit was filed against Meta Platforms. This time, filed by book author Christopher Farnsworth. The allegations in the complaint are similar to ones already made by other book authors, such as in the lawsuits brought by Richard Kadrey, Michael Chabon, and Mike Huckabee. Those book author lawsuits against Meta have been…
Read more: New AI lawsuit: Christopher Farnsworth v. Meta Platforms. Lawsuits hit 32.
Joseph Saveri law firm files response to Sur-reply of Authors Guild Plaintiffs Opposing Tremblay Plaintiffs’ motion to intervene, dismiss, stay, or transfer actions

There 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…
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 actions
AI milestone: copyright lawsuits hit 20 w/ O’Nan v. Databricks, Mosaic ML. Joseph Saveri Law firm raises its total to 7 AI lawsuits.

It was bound to happen. The copyright lawsuits against AI companies has reached 20. Book authors Stewart O’Nan, Abdi Nazemian, and Brian Keene have sued MosaicML and Databricks for the former’s alleged direct infringement based on its unauthorized use of their books to train its LLM. Databricks acquired MosaicML in July 2023 and is sued…
Read more: AI milestone: copyright lawsuits hit 20 w/ O’Nan v. Databricks, Mosaic ML. Joseph Saveri Law firm raises its total to 7 AI lawsuits.
OpenAI sued yet again in another privacy lawsuit. Complaint in A.S. v. OpenAI

OpenAI was hit with another lawsuit, bringing the total to 4 lawsuits in the past 2 days alone! This one, brought by anonymous A.S., relates to alleged privacy-related violations under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, California statutory unfair competition, and an assortment of tort law claims. This is the third…
Read more: OpenAI sued yet again in another privacy lawsuit. Complaint in A.S. v. OpenAI

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