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Is turnabout fair play?defendant Nanoble sues Disney, Universal, Warner for allegedly violating terms of use of AI generator Hailuo AI to produce allegedly infringing outputs for suit v. Nanoble. Counterclaim asserts movie studios must indemnify Nanoble under terms of use if it loses suit to studios.

Is turnabout fair play? Defendant Nanoble must think so. In answering the copyright claims filed by Disney, Universal City Studios, and Warner Brothers against Nanoble and other companies associated with the Hailuo AI generator, Nanoble has filed two counterclaims against the movie studios. Yes, Nanoble is suing the movie studios, which are suing Nanoble for…
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American Federation of Musicians v. Warner Music Group COMPLAINT

American Federation of Musicians sued Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group for settling their claims against Suno and Uncharted Labs allegedly in violation of their collective bargaining agreement. The CBA “contains a ‘new use‘ provision that requires music companies to notify the AFM of licenses and other transfers of rights in music that is…
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Judge Gonzalez-Rogers ask parties in Hendrix v. Apple for schedule for possible early resolution of “the core issue of fair use.”

Judge Gonzalez-Rogers, who presided over the Musk v. Altman trial, has another big case: Hendrix v. Apple. Notably, in her order this week, Judge Gonzalez-Rogers “further instructed to discuss and consider whether earlier summary judgment motions on the core issue of fair use are possible as part of the scheduling decision.” Apple already teed up…
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Suno opposes UMG Recordings’ request to file a 2d Amended Complaint to add add 61,026 more works

Suno filed its opposition to UMG Recordings’ motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, adding 61,026 more works allegedly infringed as well as DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Excerpt:
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Judge Gilliam Jr. sets case conference in Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic on June 23

Notice is hereby given that a Case Management Conference in Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic has been set via zoom for June 23, 2026, before Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., at 2:00 p.m. All attorneys and pro se litigants appearing for the case management conference are required to join at least 15 minutes…
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Magistrate Judge Hixson orders parties to produce binders of relevant evidence re: crime fraud exception

Magistrate Judge Hixson ordered the parties in Kadrey v. Meta to submit binders with tabs of the relevant evidence related to Kadrey’s latest motion to obtain discovery of attorney-client communications it argues fall within the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege. Judge Chhabria denied a prior request related to obtain different communications.
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Master Calendar of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies (beta test)

We are launching today the beta test version of our new Master Calendar: Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. We looked at the scheduling orders issued so far from the 114 copyright suits and tried to make sense of them in this Master Calendar. (Many cases still do not have scheduling orders, pending the resolution of…
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Parties in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence submit dueling questions posed by appeal before Third Circuit

We are nearing the June 11 oral argument in the all-important appeal in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. The parties submitted their formulation of the question presented: SUMMARY OF ORAL ARGUMENT submitted by Attorney Mark S. Davies, Esq. for Appellant Ross Intelligence Inc. Case Summary: Is a short quote or paraphrase of judicial holding copyrightable…
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Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies Total = 114

We added CNN v. Perplexity AI to the Southern District of New York. We also designated which cases in the MDL Litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft are stayed, pending the outcome of the summary judgment motions. DOWNLOAD THE PDF OF THE MAP WITH LINKS TO EACH DOCKET:
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Adobe files Answer to Lyon’s consolidated complaint

Adobe filed its Answer to Lyon’s Consolidated Complaint. The suit relates to its small language model SlimLM. No surprises in the Answer. Adobe faces two other lawsuits, Tanzer and SEIU Pension Plan, related to its AI training. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE ANSWER:
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