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Magistrate Judge Wang allows discovery related to OpenAI’s alleged use of Library Genesis, shadow library
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang allows discovery related to OpenAI’s alleged use of Library Genesis, shadow libraryThe fallout from Judge Stein’s decision to allow the Class Plaintiffs to pursue a separate copyright claim based on OpenAI’s alleged downloading of book copies from shadow libraries, such as Library Genesis, continues. Magistrate Judge Wang just allowed the Plaintiffs discovery related to OpenAI’s alleged use of Library Genesis. The Plaintiffs will milk the Shadow…
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Magistrate Judge Wang to hold confidential settlement conference with OpenAI and News plaintiffs on Oct. 31
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang to hold confidential settlement conference with OpenAI and News plaintiffs on Oct. 31On October 31, 10:30 AM, Magistrate Judge Wang will hold a confidential settlement conference with OpenAI and the News Plaintiffs. Meanwhile, Judge Wang issued an order expressing concern “that OpenAI may have disclosed protected settlement communications that took place during the August 15, 2025, confidential settlement conference.” It is a tantalizing possibility that, eventually, all…
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Judge Stein issues opinion denying OpenAI’s motion to dismiss claim based on allegations of some infringing outputs. Court points to example of summary from Game of Thrones book.
Read more: Judge Stein issues opinion denying OpenAI’s motion to dismiss claim based on allegations of some infringing outputs. Court points to example of summary from Game of Thrones book.Judge Stein just issued his order denying OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the Class Plaintiffs’ claim as to infringing outputs. Judge Stein found sufficient allegations to state a claim. Judge Stein used an example of a summary generated for Game of Thrones: “the output summarizing George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones from his A Song…
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Book Authors spar with OpenAI, Microsoft over discovery related to books datasets, Bing Index, waiver of attorney-client privilege
Read more: Book Authors spar with OpenAI, Microsoft over discovery related to books datasets, Bing Index, waiver of attorney-client privilegeOn October 29, Magistrate Judge Ona Wang will hold a discovery conference to go over disputes between the parties. Let’s take a look at the discovery disputes between the book authors (aka “class” plaintiffs) and OpenAI and Microsoft. Issues: Positions of the parties DOWNLOAD THE CHARTS OF THE PARTIES
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Parties in Google case dispute over datasets used by Google to train
Read more: Parties in Google case dispute over datasets used by Google to trainThe parties in the In re Google Gen AI Litigation are disputing over whether plaintiffs can discover certain datasets at Google. According to Google, there are 7: FineWeb, FineWeb2, FineWeb-edu, Common Crawl, The Pile, RedPajama, and RedPajama2. But Google said it didn’t use these datasets to train the relevant models in the lawsuit. By contrast,…
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Judge Stein holds 4 hour hearing for OpenAI’s motion to dismiss
Read more: Judge Stein holds 4 hour hearing for OpenAI’s motion to dismissThe MDL litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft is trudging along. Judge Stein held oral argument on various motions, including motions to dismiss the output claims. The hearing lasted nearly 4 hours! Adam Eisgrau was at the hearing and summarized it below. It sounds like Eisgrau thinks that OpenAI may get some of the claims dismissed.…
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Judge Stein sets hearing for Oct. 8, 2:15 pm re OpenAI’s motion to dismiss
Read more: Judge Stein sets hearing for Oct. 8, 2:15 pm re OpenAI’s motion to dismissOctober 8 appears to be a popular day for hearings on motions. In the MDL Litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft, Judge Stein set Oct. 8, 2025, 2:15 PM, to hear argument on OpenAI’s and Microsoft’s motions to dismiss.
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Court issues deposition protocol for MDL case v. OpenAI, Microsoft
Read more: Court issues deposition protocol for MDL case v. OpenAI, MicrosoftMagistrate Judge Ona Wang just issued the order for the deposition protocol. The allocation of hours of depositions in the MDL case looks like this: For defendants OpenAI and Microsoft:
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Ziff Davis filed 1st Amended Complaint v. OpenAI, in MDL case
Read more: Ziff Davis filed 1st Amended Complaint v. OpenAI, in MDL caseOn July 7, 2025, Ziff Davis filed a First Amended Complaint against OpenAI, now in the MDL case, In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation before Judge Stein. Ziff Davis is the media company that owns CNET, Mashable, ZDNet, IGN, PC Mag, MedPage Today, and a host of other online publications. It alleges copyright infringement in…
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OpenAI adds more lawyers to MDL case, now totaling 55 attorneys. Is that enough?
Read more: OpenAI adds more lawyers to MDL case, now totaling 55 attorneys. Is that enough?OpenAI keeps adding attorneys to its defense in the MDL Litigation involving 13 lawsuits. Recent additions: With the recent additions, OpenAI has 55 lawyers in its defense team. Seems like an all lawyers on deck situation. But do you think it’s enough?