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Opening briefs filed in Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I. Follow new page.
Read more: Opening briefs filed in Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I. Follow new page.The opening briefs for summary judgment motions in Concord Music v. Anthropic I. Responsive briefs have been pushed back due to a temporary stay issued by Judge Lee. We created a new page for you to follow along. Click below to go to the briefs: *Full disclosure: I was a part of Copyright Law Professors’…
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Judge Lee stays Concord Music v. Anthropic I 90 days. Summary judgment hearing moved from July to Oct. 21
Read more: Judge Lee stays Concord Music v. Anthropic I 90 days. Summary judgment hearing moved from July to Oct. 21Due to complications created by Concord Music’s recent effort to voluntarily dismiss its 2 claims for secondary liability, along with the coordination of the recently filed related cases in Concord Music v. Anthropic II and BMG Rights Management v. Anthropic, Judge Lee sua sponte ordered a 90 day temporary stay of all the cases (except…
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On same day Anthropic’s summary judgment motion is due, Concord Music suddenly moves to dismiss its claims for secondary liability with prejudice
Read more: On same day Anthropic’s summary judgment motion is due, Concord Music suddenly moves to dismiss its claims for secondary liability with prejudiceSuper stunning turn of events in Concord Music v. Anthropic. On the same day Anthropic’s motion for summary judgment is due — meaning today! — Concord Music has attempted to voluntarily dismiss, with prejudice, both claims of secondary liability: contributory infringement in Count II and vicarious infringement in Count III of its First Amended Complaint.…
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Judge Lee relates BMG v. Anthropic to Concord Music v. Anthropic I and II
Read more: Judge Lee relates BMG v. Anthropic to Concord Music v. Anthropic I and IIJudge Lee ordered the BMG lawsuit against Anthropic to be related to Concord Music v. Anthropic I and II. Judge Lee will now preside over all 3 lawsuits.
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After Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications, Concord Music changes its claim of intentional contributory infringement from Anthropic to Dario Amodei, Benjamin Mann based on evidence revealed in unsealed filings in Bartz v. Anthropic
Read more: After Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications, Concord Music changes its claim of intentional contributory infringement from Anthropic to Dario Amodei, Benjamin Mann based on evidence revealed in unsealed filings in Bartz v. AnthropicConcord Music Group just filed a First Amended Complaint in the second lawsuit it filed against Anthropic. Flush with the evidence and deposition testimony from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and co-founder Benjamin Mann (who engaged in the torrenting of files from shadow libraries), Concord Music wasted no time to retool. Concord Music filed its First…
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BMG seeks to relate its case to Concord Music v. Anthropic. If related, case would be assigned to Judge Lee in San Jose
Read more: BMG seeks to relate its case to Concord Music v. Anthropic. If related, case would be assigned to Judge Lee in San JoseBMG, which recently sued Anthropic, just filed a motion to have Judge Lee consider whether its case is related to Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I, which is currently at the summary judgment briefing stage. Concord Music II is already related to I, but on a later schedule. BMG’s Notice of Motion DOWNLOAD THE MOTION
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Anthropic files reply brief asking for stay in Concord Music II
Read more: Anthropic files reply brief asking for stay in Concord Music IIAnthropic filed its reply brief in support of its motion to stay the recently filed lawsuit of Concord Music Group v. Anthropic II. The hearing for summary judgment in Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I is set for July 15. Concord Music II involves claims related to Anthropic’s alleged torrenting of files, including parts of…
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Anthropic asks Judge Lee to stay Concord Music v. Anthropic II (involving Shadow Library Strategy) until she resolves key issues in Concord Music v. Anthropic I
Read more: Anthropic asks Judge Lee to stay Concord Music v. Anthropic II (involving Shadow Library Strategy) until she resolves key issues in Concord Music v. Anthropic IAnthropic is asking Judge Eumi Lee to stay Concord Music v. Anthropic II, which involves additional claims related to Anthropic’s alleged downloading (through torrenting) of content from shadow libraries, until the Judge resolves key issues in Concord Music v. Anthropic I. Concord Music had tried to amend the complaint in Anthropic I, but the Judge…
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Summary judgment, trial gets pushed back in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Next fair use decision in AI training might not be until Fall 2026
Read more: Summary judgment, trial gets pushed back in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Next fair use decision in AI training might not be until Fall 2026It will likely be well over a year since the fair use decisions of Judge Alsup and Judge Chhabria before we have another federal judge weigh in on fair use. Their decisions came on June. 23 and June 25, 2025, respectively. Judge Lee, upon the stipulation of the parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic, just…
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Anthropic scores minor win as Judge Lee deems Concord Music v. Anthropic II (alleged use of shadow libraries) is related to Concord Music v. Anthropic I. II gets reassigned to Judge Lee
Read more: Anthropic scores minor win as Judge Lee deems Concord Music v. Anthropic II (alleged use of shadow libraries) is related to Concord Music v. Anthropic I. II gets reassigned to Judge LeeAnthropic scored a minor victory today as Judge Lee agreed with Anthropic that Concord Music Group v. Anthropic II, recently filed and assigned to Judge Lin, is related to the originally filed case of Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I already before Judge Lee. That means Judge Lee will now get Concord Music Group v.…