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Plaintiffs’ firm hits copyright lawsuit grand slam, filing 4 near identical suits v. Meta on the same day on behalf of 231 book authors
Read more: Plaintiffs’ firm hits copyright lawsuit grand slam, filing 4 near identical suits v. Meta on the same day on behalf of 231 book authorsRobert Sheard et al. v. Meta and Tosca Reno et al v. Meta just became the 3rd and 4th copyright suit filed by Stris & Maher and Freedman Normand law firms against Meta today. The 4 lawsuits are near identical in allegations and claims, and they all involve book authors as plaintiffs. It’s hard to…
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Historic moment: Copyright suits v. AI Cos. hits 150. Older v. Meta, another book author suit filed on same day as Winspear v. Meta.
Read more: Historic moment: Copyright suits v. AI Cos. hits 150. Older v. Meta, another book author suit filed on same day as Winspear v. Meta.In a suit nearly identical to the just filedWinspear v. Meta, 57 book authors, including lead plaintiff Daniel Jose Older, filed suit against Meta today, alleging the same theories of copyright liability. Both Winspear and Older will likely be assigned to Judge Chhabria, who presides over all the book authors and publisher cases against Meta.…
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Sullivan textbook authors ask Judge Chhabria to appoint interim class counsel. Argue textbook authors were treated differently and less favorably by Class settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic.
Read more: Sullivan textbook authors ask Judge Chhabria to appoint interim class counsel. Argue textbook authors were treated differently and less favorably by Class settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic.The Sullivan v. Meta case has flown under the radar. Until now. The Sullivan textbook authors have filed a motion to appoint interim class counsel. That motion is now being opposed by Kadrey book authors and Elsevier publishers. In support of their motion, Sullivan criticizes the class representation in Bartz v. Anthropic of which class…
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Elsevier v. Meta transferred to ND California and likely Judge Chhabria
Read more: Elsevier v. Meta transferred to ND California and likely Judge ChhabriaHere’s the newly filed complaint in Elsevier v. Meta, fresh from a transfer from the SDNY. Hobbs v. Meta is on its way, too. Both will likely be assigned to Judge Chhabria as related cases to the Kadrey cluster of cases. Complaint:
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Mark Zuckerberg will sit for 4 hour deposition in copyright suit
Read more: Mark Zuckerberg will sit for 4 hour deposition in copyright suitJudge Chhabria ruled that Mark Zuckerberg will sit for a 4 hour deposition in the cluster of copyright cases related to Kadrey. Meanwhile, Meta is on trial in the social media addiction lawsuit in Oakland before Judge Gonzalez Rogers. California and other states are seeking $200 billion from Meta. “Court clarified the amount of time…
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Michael Sullivan and textbook authors sue Mark Zuckerberg, Meta for copyright infringement
Read more: Michael Sullivan and textbook authors sue Mark Zuckerberg, Meta for copyright infringementMeta just get hit with its 16th AI copyright lawsuit. Mark Zuckerberg was named, too. Zuckerberg is named in three such lawsuits: Elsevier, Hobbs, and this one. Michael Sullivan and other textbook authors have alleged similar allegations of torrenting and training with their copyrighted works as alleged in other book author lawsuits, including Kadrey v.…