Category: Lawsuits

Updated Master chart of copyright, DMCA and other claims in suits v. AI (Apr. 3, 2026)

We updated our Master Chart identifying which claims are being asserted against AI companies in the United States in the complaints in the respective cases. We added Ted Entertainment’s three new lawsuits against OpenAI, Apple, and Amazon. Ted Entertainment has now filed 7 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. We probably should expect more. We did…
Read more: Updated Master chart of copyright, DMCA and other claims in suits v. AI (Apr. 3, 2026)
Bytedance seeks dismissal of Ted Entertainment’s DMCA complaint

Bytedance filed its motion to dismiss video creator Ted Entertainment’s DMCA anti-circumvention complaint. This is one of four DMCA lawsuits Ted Entertainment filed. The others are against Meta, Snap, and NVIDIA. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE MOTION TO DISMISS OF BYTEDANCE
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Judge Thompson asks questions re: motion to dismiss ahead of 4/7/2026 2:00 PM hearing

In Getty Images v. Stability AI, Judge Trina Thompson has sent the lawyers questions ahead of the hearing on the partial motion to dismiss filed by Stability AI. The hearing is on 4/7/2026 at 2:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 09. The questions are: DOWNLOAD THE QUESTION
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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
Apple says it used subset of RedPajama dataset containing books for research that is fair use.

In its Answer to the first amended complaint filed by Grady Hendrix and other book authors, Apple admits using a subset of the Redpajama dataset containing books. But Apple says it was research purpose that is fair use. So, if we condemn Apple for engaging in this use of RedPajama for AI research, we probably…
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Updated Master chart of copyright, DMCA and other claims in suits v. AI (Mar. 31, 2026)

We updated our Master Chart identifying which claims are being asserted against AI companies in the United States in the complaints in the respective cases. We did not include Reddit v. Anthropic, Chegg v. Google, or Penske Media v. Google that relate to scraping of content, but do not raise any copyright claims. We did…
Read more: Updated Master chart of copyright, DMCA and other claims in suits v. AI (Mar. 31, 2026)
Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies (Mar. 27, 2027) Total = 97

We are nearing the milestone number of 100 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Currently at 97 suits. Note: we are counting Carreyrou v. OpenAI already; Judge Thompson ordered it severed from Carreyrou v. Anthropic by stipulation of the parties, so it can be transferred to the MDL Litigation against OpenAI. The N.D. California opened up…
Read more: Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies (Mar. 27, 2027) Total = 97
Thomson Reuters disputes ROSS Intelligence’s AI case implicates national security interest

Thomson Reuters filed a letter in the Third Circuit disputing ROSS Intelligence’s claim that its case involving fair use in AI training implicates national security interests. Here’s Thomson Reuters’ letter:
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NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft sued again. So was Roblox. This time for alleged CMI violation, 1202(b). Austin Beaulier v. NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, and Roblox are lawsuits No. 94, 95, 96, and 97.

3D model artist Austin BeaUlier just filed 4 copyright suits, one against each of NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, and Roblox. Beualier alleges that each defendant removed the CMI related to his 3D models, licensed under a Creative Commons license, in the dataset called Objaverse-XL. (See here.) These are copyright lawsuits No. 94 through 97 against AI…
Read more: NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft sued again. So was Roblox. This time for alleged CMI violation, 1202(b). Austin Beaulier v. NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, and Roblox are lawsuits No. 94, 95, 96, and 97.
Bartz Class Settlement payout per work may increase above $3K per work. My current calculation = $4,800 plus per work, but subject to change.

I finally had the time to review the Bartz Class Counsel’s proposed order to its motion for final approval of the settlement and the motion for attorneys’ fees. The formula under the settlement for pro rata payouts per works claimed is as follows: In the Bartz Class Counsel’s proposed order above, we can find the…
Read more: Bartz Class Settlement payout per work may increase above $3K per work. My current calculation = $4,800 plus per work, but subject to change.