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Judge Stein grants stay, putting on shelf copyright suits filed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam’s Dictionary, Gracenote v. OpenAI.
Read more: Judge Stein grants stay, putting on shelf copyright suits filed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam’s Dictionary, Gracenote v. OpenAI.On April 21, 2026, Judge Stein granted by joint stipulation of the parties in Encyclopaedia Britannica v. OpenAI and Gracenote v. OpenAI. The cases will be put on the shelf, for now. These cases were filed very late and the rest of the MDL Litigation v. OpenAI is nearing the end of discovery. “JOINT STIPULATION…
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Judge Stein ask Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam Webster Dictionary, and Gracenote to show cause their lawsuits v. OpenAI should not be stayed
Read more: Judge Stein ask Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam Webster Dictionary, and Gracenote to show cause their lawsuits v. OpenAI should not be stayedThe plaintiffs in the two recently filed lawsuits against OpenAI got asked by Judge Stein to show cause by April 15 why their recently filed lawsuits should not be stayed pending the outcome of summary judgment motions in the MDL litigation against OpenAI, now ongoing for a couple years. Since these 2 lawsuits are just…
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Gracenote, metadata company, sues OpenAI for copyright infringement. Total of AI copyright suits hits 90.
Read more: Gracenote, metadata company, sues OpenAI for copyright infringement. Total of AI copyright suits hits 90.Gracenote Media Services, the metadata company owned by Nielsen, sued OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement. This is copyright lawsuit no. 90 in the United States against AI companies. Lawyers for Gracenote filed an affirmation that this case is related to the In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation in the Multi District Litigation court. Expect it…