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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 Lee reassigned Alexander v. Apple for now. Could be related to Hendrix v. Apple, Martinez-Conde-Apple.
Read more: Judge Lee reassigned Alexander v. Apple for now. Could be related to Hendrix v. Apple, Martinez-Conde-Apple.After Judge Beth Labson Freeman recused herself, the Alexander v. Apple case was reassigned to Judge Eumi Lee. The order reads: “CLERK’S NOTICE RESETTING CASE MANAGEMENT DEADLINES FOLLOWING REASSIGNMENT. Case Management Statement due by 2/11/2026. Initial Case Management Conference set for 2/25/2026 at 01:30 PM before Judge Eumi K. Lee. This proceeding will be held…
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Anthony Justice files 1st amended complaint v. Uncharted Labs
Read more: Anthony Justice files 1st amended complaint v. Uncharted LabsAnthony Justice filed the First Amended Complaint against Uncharted Labs d/b/a Udio, the music generator company. The amendment adds a claim for a DMCA anti-circumvention violation for alleged “stream ripping” tracks from YouTube videos. Justice and UMG Recordings added the same claim to their respective lawsuits against Suno.
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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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Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.
Read more: Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.The U.S. copyright lawsuits against AI companies continue unabated. Here are the Top 5 news items: 1. Apple joins the copyright party. Although Apple has been roundly criticized for its slow development of Apple Intelligence, that hasn’t stopped book authors from suing Apple for copyright infringement in proposed class actions. In addition to the earlier…
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Parties in In re Mosaic file letter for dispute over search terms and interrogatories for Plaintiffs
Read more: Parties in In re Mosaic file letter for dispute over search terms and interrogatories for PlaintiffsThe parties filed a letter with Magistrate Judge Cisneros about the search terms plaintiffs must use to check its own data (ESI) and lack of responses to interrogatories of the defendants. On first impression, what defendants seek sounds reasonable. But we shall see what Judge Cisneros thinks.
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Anthony Justice files motion to correct/amend unopposed motion for leave to file amended complaint
Read more: Anthony Justice files motion to correct/amend unopposed motion for leave to file amended complaintAnthony Justice filed a motion to Amend/Correct Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Amended Class Action Complaint and Supporting Memorandum of Law. “Plaintiffs hereby Request leave to file an Amended Class Action Complaint to (1) add an additional party [My Heartland Publishing], (2) add supporting facts for all claims, and (3) add an additional cause…
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Magistrate Judge Levenson grants in part Suno’s request for discovery re: UMG’s intent to rely on licensing agreements in Factor 4 fair use analysis
Read more: Magistrate Judge Levenson grants in part Suno’s request for discovery re: UMG’s intent to rely on licensing agreements in Factor 4 fair use analysisMagistrate Judge Levenson issued an electronic order in the UMG Recordings v. Suno suit: “ELECTRONIC ORDER entered GRANTING in part and DENYING in part the discovery requests as set forth in 153 Letter/request (non-motion): The first part deals with identifying the documents for which UMG is asserting privilege related to UMG’s decision to bring the…
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Disney v. Midjourney file Joint Rule 26(f) report but disagree on scheduling order
Read more: Disney v. Midjourney file Joint Rule 26(f) report but disagree on scheduling orderDisney v. Midjourney parties filed their Joint Rule 26(f) report. They couldn’t agree on a proposed scheduling order so offered competing dates with a difference of about 3 months.
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Nazemian seeks to amend complaint v. NVIDIA to add use of more shadow libraries & pirated books
Read more: Nazemian seeks to amend complaint v. NVIDIA to add use of more shadow libraries & pirated booksThe ripple effect from Judge Alsup’s ruling on summary judgment in Bartz v. Anthropic continues. Yet another plaintiff is copying what I call the Shadow Library Strategy and attempting to add a separate claim of copyright infringement based on the allegation that the defendant AI company downloaded and used additional shadow libraries containing pirated books.…