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Updated Master chart of copyright, DMCA and other claims in suits v. AI (Mar. 31, 2026)
Read more: 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…
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Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies (Mar. 27, 2027) Total = 97
Read more: Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies (Mar. 27, 2027) Total = 97We 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…
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Thomson Reuters disputes ROSS Intelligence’s AI case implicates national security interest
Read more: Thomson Reuters disputes ROSS Intelligence’s AI case implicates national security interestThomson 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.
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 97.3D 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…
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Bartz Class Settlement payout per work may increase above $3K per work. My current calculation = $4,800 plus per work, but subject to change.
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.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…
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In suit v. Perplexity, New York Times and Chicago Tribune filed first amended complaints
Read more: In suit v. Perplexity, New York Times and Chicago Tribune filed first amended complaintsIn 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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Cambronne seeks to keep intact omnibus copyright suit v. US AI industry, opposes motion to sever
Read more: Cambronne seeks to keep intact omnibus copyright suit v. US AI industry, opposes motion to severCambronne, 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
Read more: Ted Entertainment files 1st amended complaint v. NVIDIATed 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,…