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Judge Lee granted the stipulated extension to allow depositions out of time
Read more: Judge Lee granted the stipulated extension to allow depositions out of timeJudge Lee granted the stipulated extension in Concord Music v. Anthropic: It does not affect the summary judgment motion and trial dates. The hearing on the summary judgment motion(s) will be on June 10, 2026. That likely makes Judge Lee the next in line to have the opportunity to rule on fair use in AI…
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Concord Music, Anthropic spar over meaning of court’s discovery ruling re: Concord’s investigation of outputs
Read more: Concord Music, Anthropic spar over meaning of court’s discovery ruling re: Concord’s investigation of outputsConcord Music and Anthropic disagree on the scope of Magistrate Judge van Keulen’s discovery order related to Concord Music’s investigation of allegedly infringing outputs that were not stopped by Anthropic’s guardrails. Anthropic’s Position: The Court Should Confirm That Its October 12, 2025 Order Requires Publishers To Produce The Same Information For The 15,000 Prompt- Output…
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UMG Recordings seeks to seal confidential business information related to discovery dispute over Suno’s copyright misuse defense
Read more: UMG Recordings seeks to seal confidential business information related to discovery dispute over Suno’s copyright misuse defenseCopyright misuse is a sleeper issue that may be gaining steam. I noted earlier that Anthropic had raised a copyright misuse defense against Concord Music: And now it’s revealed that Suno is seeking discovery of information from UMG Recordings related to Suno’s defense that UMG engaged in copyright misuse. UMG is asking Judge Saylor to…
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Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.
Read more: 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…
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Anthropic raises 20 affirmative defenses, including fair use, innocent infringement, copyright misuse, and due process violation for damages
Read more: Anthropic raises 20 affirmative defenses, including fair use, innocent infringement, copyright misuse, and due process violation for damagesNow that Judge Lee rejected Concord Music’s belated motion to amend the complaint (to include use of shadow libraries), Anthropic has filed its answer to the already filed first amended complaint. Anthropic includes most of the same defenses it raised in the Bartz case, including fair use and innocent infringement. But it has added 6…
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No Bartz II: Anthropic wins bar on deposition questions on torrenting and acquisition of copies from “pirate libraries.”
Read more: No Bartz II: Anthropic wins bar on deposition questions on torrenting and acquisition of copies from “pirate libraries.”The ramifications of Anthropic’s major victory last week are still playing out. Anthropic defeated Concord Music’s motion to amend its complaint to add a new claim based on the use of “pirate” shadow libraries that were revealed in the unrelated lawsuit Bartz v. Anthropic. Because discovery is set to end this month and because Concord…
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Does Concord Music now face claim preclusion on Anthropic’s alleged bittorrenting from shadow libraries
Read more: Does Concord Music now face claim preclusion on Anthropic’s alleged bittorrenting from shadow librariesThis week’s biggest decision in the AI copyright lawsuits was from Judge Lee in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Judge Lee denied Concord Music’s motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint to add new allegations related to Anthropic’s alleged bittorrenting from shadow libraries (that were revealed in the unrelated case, Bartz v. Anthropic). Anthropic…
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No Bartz II. Judge Lee rejects Concord Music’s request to amend complaint to add Bartz-style piracy claim based on bittorrenting from shadow libraries
Read more: No Bartz II. Judge Lee rejects Concord Music’s request to amend complaint to add Bartz-style piracy claim based on bittorrenting from shadow librariesJudge Eumi Lee denied Concord Music’s request to amend the complaint to add a new claim of copyright infringement based on Anthropic’s alleged bittorenting of files of their musical works allegedly from shadow libraries. Concord Music alleged, in its motion, that Anthropic’s bittorrenting involving downloading fit within its existing claims of willful infringement, while it…
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Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.
Read more: 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…
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Magistrate Judge van Keulen sets hearing to consider sanctioning parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic for discovery abuses
Read more: Magistrate Judge van Keulen sets hearing to consider sanctioning parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic for discovery abusesMagistrate Judge van Keulen is not playing around. She summoned the lawyers for the parties to a hearing on October 10, 9:30 AM to show cause why she shouldn’t impose discovery sanctions on both sides’ lawyers. ORDER: Counsel with primary responsibility for discovery will appear in-person on October 10, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. to show…