Category: Kadrey v. Meta

Judge Lee hears SJ motions in Concord Music v. Anthropic I. The 1st district judge to consider fair use since Bartz and Kadrey.

At 10 am PT, Judge Eumi Lee holds a hearing in Concord Music v. Anthropic I on summary judgment and Daubert motions. Expect a long hearing for the complex set of issues. This is the first district judge to hold a hearing on summary judgment motions regarding fair use in AI training since Bartz and…
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After filing 5 near identical suits for 292 book authors v. Meta, Plaintiffs’ firms say total will reach 1,000 plaintiffs. New strategy in AI Copyright Wars: who needs class actions?

The plaintiffs’ firms Stris & Maher and Freedman Normand are deploying a new strategy in the AI Copyright Wars. Up till now, the proposed class action has been the go-to strategy of many plaintiffs’ firms that have filed copyright lawsuits against AI companies. After first representing book authors who opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic class…
Read more: After filing 5 near identical suits for 292 book authors v. Meta, Plaintiffs’ firms say total will reach 1,000 plaintiffs. New strategy in AI Copyright Wars: who needs class actions?
Plaintiffs’ firm floods docket with 5th near identical copyright suit v. Meta on behalf of book authors. 292 authors total.

The same plaintiffs’ firms, Stris & Maher and Freedman Normand, filed their 5th near identical copyright suit on behalf of book authors against Meta. Since we used grand slam to describe the 4 prior lawsuits, we’ve run out of metaphors to describe this one, Levine v. Meta..Maybe 5-bagger? 5 AI copyright lawsuits filed on the…
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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

Robert 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…
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 authors
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.…
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.
Book authors Jacqueline Winspear et al. sue Meta for both LlaMa and new Muse models. Infringement alleged not only for torrenting but also for scanning physical books in Project Vellum

Book author Jacqueline Winspear, the creator of the popular Maisie Dobbs series, along with 59 other book authors, wasted no time in suing Meta not only for its old LlaMa models but also for its new Muse models. What’s different about this lawsuit is that, on top of alleging infringement in the torrenting of digital…
Read more: Book authors Jacqueline Winspear et al. sue Meta for both LlaMa and new Muse models. Infringement alleged not only for torrenting but also for scanning physical books in Project Vellum
Judge Castel transfers Elsevier v. Meta to ND California. Likely to be related to Kadrey v. Meta.

Attorneys for Meta informed Judge Chabbria, who presides over the cluster of books cases led by Kadrey v. Meta, that Judge Castel granted Meta’s motion to transfer another books case, Elsevier v. Meta from the Southern District of New York to the ND California. Excerpt: * * * * * * DOWNLOAD JUDGE CASTEL’S ORDER:
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Judge Chhabria grants Meta additional discovery re: Kadrey’s contributory infringement claim in FACC

Judge Chhabria just granted Meta’s request for additional discovery related to the new claim for contributory infringement that the Kadrey book authors added in their First Amended Consolidated Complaint. The order states: “Meta’s motion for leave to serve discovery is granted. From the materials submitted by the parties (including the sample RFPs and interrogatories), Meta’s…
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Judge Chhabria denies Kadrey book authors’ motion to seek an interlocutory appeal of downloading part of ruling in fair use decision

Judge Chhabria denied the request of the Kadrey book authors to certify for interlocutory appeal to the Ninth Circuit the judge’s ruling on the initial downloading of copies of books used to train Meta’s AI models. The order states: The motion for leave to file an interlocutory appeal is denied. To be sure, the issue…
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Judge Chhabria will issue ruling on interlocutory appeal request of Kadrey without a hearing

Judge Chhabria vacated the July 16 hearing on Kadrey’s motion to certify for interlocutory appeal his ruling on Meta’s downloading of copies of books, which the judge treated as for the purpose to train Meta’s AI models. The court order says: “The Court will issue a written ruling based on the motion and responsive briefs.”
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