Kadrey v. Meta – Chat GPT Is Eating the World

Recently filed lawsuits by Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Meta, Carreyrou v. Meta, and Cognella v. Meta, all filed by same law firm, now related to Kadrey v. Meta

Judge Chhabria just granted pending motions to relate, to Kadrey v. Meta, the following cases: Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Meta, Carreyrou v. Meta, and Cognella Inc. v. Meta, all filed by the same law firms of Stris & Maher and Freedman Norman Friedland LLP. The latter 3 cases all involve book authors and…
Read more: Recently filed lawsuits by Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Meta, Carreyrou v. Meta, and Cognella v. Meta, all filed by same law firm, now related to Kadrey v. Meta
Meta asks Judge Chhabria to relate Cambronne (aka Carreyrou) v. Meta

Meta is seeking directly from Judge Chhabria the designation of Cambronne Inc. v. Meta as related to Kadrey v. Meta. Meta and Cambronne originally asked Judge Pitts to invite such consideration from Judge Chhabria, but Judge Pitts scratched out that idea in a joint stipulation of the parties. Unclear if that was simply as a…
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Judge Chhabria denies Meta’s motion to dismiss Entrepreneur Media’s contributory infringement claim. But opinion fails to cite Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications

Judge Chhabria denied Meta’s motion to dismiss Entrepreneur Media’s contributory infringement claim and DMCA 1202(b)(1) claim. The intriguing part is that Judge Chhabria’s opinion fails to cite or discuss the Supreme Court’s recent clarification of contributory infringement in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment. Here’s the part of the Supreme Court’s opinion that is key:…
Read more: Judge Chhabria denies Meta’s motion to dismiss Entrepreneur Media’s contributory infringement claim. But opinion fails to cite Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications
Kadrey v. Meta gets scheduling order. Summary judgment motion hearing for distribution claim won’t be heard until Feb. 25, 2027

The second phase of the Kadrey v. Meta case just received a scheduling order. The hearing on summary judgment motions related to the additional claims related to Meta’s torrenting of books won’t be heard until Feb. 25, 2027! The first summary judgment motion in the first phase of the case was decided back on Jun.…
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Judge Chhabria grants Kadrey’s request to file 4th Amended Complaint to add contributory infringement claim related to torrenting. But Judge strongly rebukes Kadrey’s lawyers for “pattern” of blaming Meta for their own failures in litigating case

Judge Vince Chhabria did not hold back his displeasure at the plaintiffs’ lawyers for book author Kadrey in the copyright suit against Meta. In one of the more sternly worded judicial decision you will read, Judge Chhabria said that Kadrey’s lawyers from Boies Schiller could have filed their requested contributory infringement claim related to Meta’s…
Read more: Judge Chhabria grants Kadrey’s request to file 4th Amended Complaint to add contributory infringement claim related to torrenting. But Judge strongly rebukes Kadrey’s lawyers for “pattern” of blaming Meta for their own failures in litigating case
Kadrey, Meta dispute attorney-client communications related to torrenting again

Book author Kadrey and Meta have filed a discovery dispute letter related to attorney-client communications with a Meta employee. Excerpt:
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Kadrey asks Judge Chhabria not to stay case as Meta seeks but to allow Kadrey to file 4th amended Complaint

In its reply filed last week, Kadrey book authors have asked Judge Chhabria not to stay their case filed against Meta but to allow the book authors to file a Fourth Amended Complaint. Excerpt: You can read Meta’s prior brief here: DOWNLOAD KADREY’S REPLY
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Judge Chhabria sets scheduling order and May 24, 2027 trial date in Entrepreneur Media v. Meta

Judge Chhabria set the scheduling order in Entrepreneur Media v. Meta, a case related to the much further along book author case of Kadrey v. Meta. We will have to wait and see how Judge Chhabria rules on Kadrey’s motion to file a 4th amended complaint and to move up the discovery and briefing of…
Read more: Judge Chhabria sets scheduling order and May 24, 2027 trial date in Entrepreneur Media v. Meta
Meta opposes Kadrey’s attempt to file 4th am. complaint & to move up class certification to coincide with summary judgment motions. Meta also asks to stay Kadrey while Enterpreneur Media case discovery proceeds.

Meta filed its opposition to the Kadrey book authors’ attempt to file a 4th amended complaint and to move up the briefing of class certification to be simultaneous with summary judgment motions. Kadrey’s proposed 4th amended complaint would add (1) new details related to the torrenting by Meta, (2) a contributory infringement claim, and (3)…
Read more: Meta opposes Kadrey’s attempt to file 4th am. complaint & to move up class certification to coincide with summary judgment motions. Meta also asks to stay Kadrey while Enterpreneur Media case discovery proceeds.
Kadrey book authors ask Judge Chhabria for concurrent briefing of class certification on torrenting claim and summary judgment on infringement

The Kadrey book authors filed a motion asking Judge Chhabria for concurrent briefing of (i) class certification and (ii) summary judgment on infringement, both related to the remaining part of the case involving Meta’s alleged torrenting, including uploading or sharing, of copyrighted works. The Kadrey plaintiffs cite the concurrent briefing in Bartz v. Anthropic in…
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