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Judge Morris issues scheduling in Montana copyright case Darius H. James v. Snowflake
Read more: Judge Morris issues scheduling in Montana copyright case Darius H. James v. SnowflakeJudge Morris issued the scheduling order in book author Darius H. James’s suit against Snowflake Inc. The case is the sole AI copyright lawsuit in Montana. James has also filed suits against Cerebras Systems and Together Computer in the Northern District of California. The replies to summary judgment motions and class certification motion will be…
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Judge Brian Morris issues order for preliminary pretrial conference in James v. Snowflake, AI copyright in Montana
Read more: Judge Brian Morris issues order for preliminary pretrial conference in James v. Snowflake, AI copyright in MontanaJudge Brian Morris issued a preliminary pretrial conference order to get the case rolling. Preliminary Pretrial Statement due by 2/17/2026. Joint Discovery Plan due by 2/17/2026. Statement of Stipulated Facts due by 2/17/2026. Telephonic Pretrial Conference set for 2/18/2026 at 01:30 PM before Judge Brian Morris.
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Book author Darius James goes on offensive v. shadow libraries, filing 3 copyright suits v. Snowflake, Together Computer, Cerebras Systems. Total AI copyright suits hit 74.
Read more: Book author Darius James goes on offensive v. shadow libraries, filing 3 copyright suits v. Snowflake, Together Computer, Cerebras Systems. Total AI copyright suits hit 74.Book author Darius H. James filed three class action copyright suits since last November: (1) one against Snowflake Inc. for its alleged training of its LLMs using RedPajama and Books3 dataset; (2) one against Together Computer for its infringement when it allegedly “orchestrated and assembled the RedPajama dataset, a dataset comprised of a mixture of publicly available…