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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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In suit v. Perplexity, New York Times and Chicago Tribune filed first amended complaints

In response to Perplexity’s motions to dismiss, New York Times and Chicago Tribune have filed First Amended Complaints. We performed a Track Changes of the Chicago Tribune’s two complaints. There are a few additions to the complaints, highlighted in blue and green: DOWNLOAD FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINTS OF NEW YORK TIMES AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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Bartz Class Counsel cut attorneys’ fee request to 12.5% (down from 20%) = $187.5M

Bartz Class Counsel also filed their reply to Anthropic’s response and the relatively few objections some class members filed to the motion for attorneys’ fees. Due to concerns Judge Alsup (before he retired) had raised, the Class Counsel has reduced its request from 20% to 12.5%. If I’ve done the math correctly, that equals $187.5…
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Cambronne seeks to keep intact omnibus copyright suit v. US AI industry, opposes motion to sever

Cambronne, the company owning book author John Carreyrou’s copyrights, filed an opposition to the defendants’ motion to sever the case into individual suits against each defendant. This omnibus copyright lawsuit is basically against the U.S. AI industry: Most of the defendants have moved to sever the case into individual ones. But Cambronne contends the omnibus lawsuit against…
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Ted Entertainment files 1st amended complaint v. NVIDIA

Ted Entertainment filed a First Amended Complaint against NVIDIA for its alleged copyright infringement in allegedly violating the DMCA by circumventing access controls to use Plaintiffs’ YouTube videos to train NVIDIA’s AI models. We performed a Track Changes version showing what was changed. Most of it looks like the access-control argument related to YouTube videos,…
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Parties ask for 3 week extension in OpenAI MDL Litigation. Summary Judgment briefing completed by Nov. 6, 2026

The parties in the MLD Litigation involving OpenAI have asked Judge Stein to extend the current schedule by 3 weeks. That would move the completion of briefing on summary judgment from October 16 to November 6. One would expect a hearing on the motions. So it would make it less likely for any decision on…
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Anthropic sued 2x in 1 day. Shadow Library Strategy strikes again. Total all copyright suits v. AI companies hits 93.

The Shadow Library Strategy is back. Two new copyright lawsuits were filed against Anthropic. The first, Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic, was filed by the same Stris & Maher law firm that already filed a similar lawsuit against the same defendants: Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, Perplexity, Apple, and NVIDIA. Docket is here.…
Read more: Anthropic sued 2x in 1 day. Shadow Library Strategy strikes again. Total all copyright suits v. AI companies hits 93.
SerpApi, Perplexity move to dismiss Reddit’s 1st amended Complaint

SerpApi and Perplexity AI each have moved to dismiss Reddit’s First Amended Complaint. Excerpt from SerpAPI motion: DOWNLOAD THE MOTION TO DISMISS Excerpt of Perplexity AI motion: DOWNLOAD PERPLEXITY MOTION
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AI is a matter of national security, says ROSS Intelligence in appeal in Third Circuit

In its appeal in the Third Circuit, ROSS Intelligence just submitted a letter apprising the court of the recent cases filed by Anthropic against the Department of War. ROSS argues that the recent cases support ROSS’s contention that AI development is an issue implicating national security. It will be interesting to see if Thomson Reuters…
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster Dictionary sue OpenAI, in lawsuit similar to their one v. Perplexity. Total suits v. AI = 91.

Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster Dictionary filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, March 13. It’s similar to their first lawsuit against Perplexity AI. Because the MDL Litigation against OpenAI (and Microsoft) is nearing the close of fact discovery, there’s a very good chance this new lawsuit will be transferred there and then be stayed.…
Read more: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster Dictionary sue OpenAI, in lawsuit similar to their one v. Perplexity. Total suits v. AI = 91.