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Google files blistering response to Plaintiffs’ motion to amend scheduling order
Read more: Google files blistering response to Plaintiffs’ motion to amend scheduling orderIn the In re Google Gen. AI Litigation, Google just filed a blistering response to the plaintiffs’ motion to amend the scheduling order yet again. All I know is that Judge Lee will not be happy with one side–or both sides. Related Stories
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Concord Music tries to use Bartz book author tactic to get discovery of BitTorrenting by Anthropic and file 2d amended complaint re: shadow libraries
Read more: Concord Music tries to use Bartz book author tactic to get discovery of BitTorrenting by Anthropic and file 2d amended complaint re: shadow librariesConcord Music is champing at the big (no pun intended) to be able to discover information related to Anthropic’s use of BitTorrenting to download copies of works from shadow libraries. There’s a pending motion for leave to add, in a proposed 2d amended complaint, a new theory of copyright infringement based on Anthropic’s alleged downloading…
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Concord Music cites Judge Alsup to justify adding new claims related to BitTorrent of lyrics. Anthropic’s woes grow.
Read more: Concord Music cites Judge Alsup to justify adding new claims related to BitTorrent of lyrics. Anthropic’s woes grow.Concord Music and other publishers have asked Judge Lee to change the scheduling order to allow them time to add new allegations related to Anthropic’s use of BitTorrent to illegally download their lyrics from shadow libraries. Judge Alsup’s opinion in Bartz v. Anthropic is attributed as the source of these new allegations: “Judge Alsup’s Bartz…
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Judge Lee moves hearing on Anthropic’s motion to dismiss from Jul. 30 to Sept. 3
Read more: Judge Lee moves hearing on Anthropic’s motion to dismiss from Jul. 30 to Sept. 3Judge Lee just moved the hearing on Anthropic’s motion to dismiss the first amended complaint filed by music publishers from July 30 to Sept. 3, 10 AM in San Jose, Courtroom 7, 4th floor. Not a big deal but probably not the best of news for Anthropic, which is facing potentially existential liability in statutory…
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Anthropic files motion to dismiss Concord Music’s first amended complaint
Read more: Anthropic files motion to dismiss Concord Music’s first amended complaintIn Concord Music v. Anthropic, Anthropic filed a motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint. The hearing is set for July 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM in San Jose, Courtroom 7, 4th Floor before Judge Eumi K Lee.
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Parties in Google Gen AI Litigation file mid-discovery report
Read more: Parties in Google Gen AI Litigation file mid-discovery reportThe parties in In re Google Generative AI Litigation filed their mid-discovery case management statement, with vastly different views of how discovery is proceeding. Plaintiffs want more, Google thinks plaintiffs’ requests have been excessive.
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Music publishers Concord Music file amended complaint v. Anthropic. Adds new allegations of third party users generating lyrics on Claude.
Read more: Music publishers Concord Music file amended complaint v. Anthropic. Adds new allegations of third party users generating lyrics on Claude.Concord Music filed a First Amended Complaint against Anthropic. The amended complaint adds approximately 13 new pages, with allegations of third-party users (real world) generation of infringing copies of the copyright holders’ lyrics through Anthropic’s AI model Claude. Excerpts of the new allegations by music publishers: DOWNLOAD THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT:
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Judge Lee is inclined to dismiss some of copyright claims v. Google, Alphabet in In re Google Generative AI Litigation
Read more: Judge Lee is inclined to dismiss some of copyright claims v. Google, Alphabet in In re Google Generative AI LitigationJudge Lee issued a tentative ruling on Google’s motion to dismiss the complaint in the consolidated cases filed by Leovy and Zhang. Judge Lee emailed the tentative to the parties and discussed it at today’s oral argument, but didn’t publish it. Today’s docket entry states: “Motion Hearing held on 4/23/2025 re 95 MOTION to Dismiss…
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Judge Lee strikes fail-safe class allegations v. Google in AI lawsuit but offers way plaintiffs can fix their complaint.
Read more: Judge Lee strikes fail-safe class allegations v. Google in AI lawsuit but offers way plaintiffs can fix their complaint.We are just beginning to wade into the class action issue in the copyright litigation against AI companies. Judge Lee just granted Google’s motion to strike the proposed class allegation by the Leovy and Zhang plaintiffs because it was an inappropriate “fail-safe” class, whose definition hinged on anyone who copyright was violated by Google in…