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Does Concord Music now face claim preclusion on Anthropic’s alleged bittorrenting from shadow libraries
Read more: Does Concord Music now face claim preclusion on Anthropic’s alleged bittorrenting from shadow librariesThis week’s biggest decision in the AI copyright lawsuits was from Judge Lee in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Judge Lee denied Concord Music’s motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint to add new allegations related to Anthropic’s alleged bittorrenting from shadow libraries (that were revealed in the unrelated case, Bartz v. Anthropic). Anthropic…
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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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No Bartz II. Judge Lee rejects Concord Music’s request to amend complaint to add Bartz-style piracy claim based on bittorrenting from shadow libraries
Read more: No Bartz II. Judge Lee rejects Concord Music’s request to amend complaint to add Bartz-style piracy claim based on bittorrenting from shadow librariesJudge Eumi Lee denied Concord Music’s request to amend the complaint to add a new claim of copyright infringement based on Anthropic’s alleged bittorenting of files of their musical works allegedly from shadow libraries. Concord Music alleged, in its motion, that Anthropic’s bittorrenting involving downloading fit within its existing claims of willful infringement, while it…
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Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.
Read more: Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.It’s been a hot minute since our last status report. Right now, we are in the doldrums of discovery. We do not expect any other summary judgment decisions on fair use in AI training until summer 2026 at the earliest. So far, 3 judges ruled on fair use, 2 for and 1 against. But their…
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Judge Lee rejects Anthropic’s motion to dismiss parts of Concord Music’s complaint
Read more: Judge Lee rejects Anthropic’s motion to dismiss parts of Concord Music’s complaintNo surprise: Judge Lee rejected Anthropic’s motion to dismiss parts of Concord Music’s First Amended Complaint. Judge Lee will decide whether to grant Concord Music’s motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint to add DMCA anti-circumvention claim for Anthropic’s alleged “stream ripping” of music tracks from YouTube videos. 1. Contributory infringement: As described…
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Judge Saylor grants extension in UMG v. Suno. Next decision on fair use gets delayed again. Judge Lee up next.
Read more: Judge Saylor grants extension in UMG v. Suno. Next decision on fair use gets delayed again. Judge Lee up next.Well, it looks like no federal judge wants to be next to decide whether AI training constitutes a fair use. Or, rather, the parties are seeking extensions to their case deadlines, resulting in delays to the summary judgment motions. Today, Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV, presiding over UMG v. Suno in the District of Massachusetts, granted the parties’…
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Should Concord Music be able to add shadow libraries claim to suit v. Anthropic. Judge Lee sets hearing for Oct. 8
Read more: Should Concord Music be able to add shadow libraries claim to suit v. Anthropic. Judge Lee sets hearing for Oct. 8Judge Lee set a hearing on Concord Music’s motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint and Modify Scheduling Order. The hearing is set for Oct. 8, 2025, at 11:00 AM in San Jose, Courtroom 7, 4th Floor.
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Concord Music seeks 2 months extension of discovery in lawsuit v. Anthropic
Read more: Concord Music seeks 2 months extension of discovery in lawsuit v. AnthropicConcord Music is asking Judge Lee for a 2 months extension of discovery from the time she rules on the pending motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint to include allegations related to Anthropic’s torrenting files from shadow libraries. Anthropic opposes the extension. “Fact discovery is currently scheduled to close on Oct. 21,…
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Judge Lee grants 3 weeks extension to scheduling order for class certification issues
Read more: Judge Lee grants 3 weeks extension to scheduling order for class certification issuesIn re Google Generative AI Litigation, Judge Lee granted a 3 weeks extension to the scheduling order for class certification issues. This extension was less than the 6 weeks sought by plaintiffs, and the same amount Google offered as a “compromise.” Related Stories