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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…