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Judge Stein wants another oral argument on OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Ziff Davis’s First Amended Complaint on Nov. 13, 2025, 11:30AM
Read more: Judge Stein wants another oral argument on OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Ziff Davis’s First Amended Complaint on Nov. 13, 2025, 11:30AMJudge Stein wants further oral argument on OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Ziff Davis’s First Amended Complaint. He scheduled one for Nov. 13, 2025, 11:30 AM. Apparently, there were too many different issues to cover from the various MDL cases at the marathon, 4-hour oral argument last week. ORDER: The Court shall hear further oral argument…
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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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Is case v. OpenAI now Bartz II? Judge Stein denies OpenAI’s motion to strike download claim from Shadow Library.
Read more: Is case v. OpenAI now Bartz II? Judge Stein denies OpenAI’s motion to strike download claim from Shadow Library.Things just went from bad to worse for OpenAI. Judge Stein issued a second opinion related to OpenAI’s and Microsoft’s motions to strike allegedly new allegations made in the Consolidated Class Action Complaint by book authors. (Judge Stein’s first opinion denied OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the “output” copyright infringement claim.) OpenAI won a modest victory:…
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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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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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Magistrate Judge Wang issues ominous order asking for more briefing on whether OpenAI waived attorney-client privilege re: its destruction of Books1 and Books2 datasets.
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang issues ominous order asking for more briefing on whether OpenAI waived attorney-client privilege re: its destruction of Books1 and Books2 datasets.Things may go from bad to worse from OpenAI in the MDL Litigation. Magistrate Judge Wang just ordered supplemental briefing on whether OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege related to its destructions of Books1 and Books2 datasets used to train its earlier models. The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs not to exceed 1,500 words…
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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 loses bid to undo order to preserve all user ChatGPT logs, adding to its recent discovery losses.
Read more: OpenAI loses bid to undo order to preserve all user ChatGPT logs, adding to its recent discovery losses.At a hearing yesterday, Judge Sidney Stein ruled against OpenAI in its attempt to overturn Magistrate Judge Ona Wang’s order that OpenAI preserve all ChatGPT user logs due to the New York Times’ motion that suggested some users might be engaging and concealing copyright infringement and generating infringing news articles with ChatGPT. (Maybe this is…