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United States files Statement of Interest in OpenAI lawsuits: AI training is fair use; “dilution” is “deeply flawed” theory, in the view of the United States.
Read more: United States files Statement of Interest in OpenAI lawsuits: AI training is fair use; “dilution” is “deeply flawed” theory, in the view of the United States.Late evening, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 517, the United States just filed a Statement of Interest representing “the interests of the United States” in the fair use in AI training. The filing was in In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation before Judge Stein as the case heads into the summary judgment phase. The 19-page…
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Similar to Angie Cruz suit v. Anthropic, R.O. Kwon, Chang-rae Lee, Sonia Nazario, Erika Sanchez among 34 book authors suing Anthropic
Read more: Similar to Angie Cruz suit v. Anthropic, R.O. Kwon, Chang-rae Lee, Sonia Nazario, Erika Sanchez among 34 book authors suing AnthropicAnthropic is gaining on OpenAI’s in terms of most copyright lawsuits to defend. A third group of book authors who opted out of the Bartz class settlement just sued Anthropic. Anthropic now has 9 lawsuits against it. OpenAI has 24. The first group of Bartz opt outs, led by John Carreyrou aka Cambronne Inc., is…
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Angie Cruz v. Anthropic filed on eve of final approval hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic. Angie Cruz, Dave Eggers, Andrew Sean Greer, Tobias Wolff, and others opting out of Bartz settlement seek trial on statutory damages, plus permanent injunction v. Claude.
Read more: Angie Cruz v. Anthropic filed on eve of final approval hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic. Angie Cruz, Dave Eggers, Andrew Sean Greer, Tobias Wolff, and others opting out of Bartz settlement seek trial on statutory damages, plus permanent injunction v. Claude.On the eve of the fairness hearing for final approval of the $1.5 billion settlement in Bartz v. Anthopric before Judge Martinez-Olguin, a second group of book authors who opted out of the Bartz class settlement just sued Anthropic. (The first group led by John Carreyrou aka Cambronne Inc. is represented by the same law…
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Elon Musk, Tesla, Warner Brothers Discovery raise First Amendment defense in use of scene allegedly similar to Blade Runner 2049
Read more: Elon Musk, Tesla, Warner Brothers Discovery raise First Amendment defense in use of scene allegedly similar to Blade Runner 2049The First Amendment has entered the picture. Elon Musk, Tesla, and Warner Brothers Discovery have all raised a First Amendment defense, even ordering it ahead of their fair use defense. The case involves Musk’s use of a scene shown below in a Tesla event. Tesla had earlier tried to license the use of a still…
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Scholarship: Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional Scrutiny
Read more: Scholarship: Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional ScrutinyHappy to share my latest scholarship. Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional Scrutiny examines the curious (putative) doctrine of copyright dilution that copyright stakeholders are advancing in their lawsuits against AI companies. This is a new doctrine being developed on the fly. It is also unconstitutional. This Essay explains why. Download the preprint version on SSRN. The…