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Runway AI sued yet again for alleged DMCA violation in 4th copyright case against it. Total = 86 copyright suits v. AI cos.
Read more: Runway AI sued yet again for alleged DMCA violation in 4th copyright case against it. Total = 86 copyright suits v. AI cos.Runway AI just got sued in its 4th copyright lawsuit filed against it. Three of them allege DMCA anti-circumvention violations related to YouTube videos Runway AI allegedly used to train its AI models. All three were filed in the past month: Businessing v. Runway AI, Ace Cam v. Runway AI, and Gardner v. Runway AI.…
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U.S. Supreme Court could take up its first AI case. Thaler v. Perlmutter involves question of authorship & AI.
Read more: U.S. Supreme Court could take up its first AI case. Thaler v. Perlmutter involves question of authorship & AI.Today, the Supreme Court meets in conference to decide whether to grant (or reject) pending cert petitions. Among them is the petition in Thaler v. Perlmutter. It asks: For a variety of reasons, I now believe the chances are very high the Supreme Court agrees to hearThaler‘s case. To briefly summarize my reasons: You can…
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Judge Thompson recuses herself from John Carreyrou v. Google. Anthropic adds its own motion to sever Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. the AI industry.
Read more: Judge Thompson recuses herself from John Carreyrou v. Google. Anthropic adds its own motion to sever Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. the AI industry.Book author John Carreyrou’s bold attempt to pursue an omnibus copyright lawsuit against the U.S. AI industry appears possibly splintering apart. Google already filed a motion to sever. And today Anthropic followed suit (see below). We can expect the same motions to sever from Meta, Perplexity AI, and xAI. The case against OpenAI has already…
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Latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 112 (Feb 25, 2026)
Read more: Latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 112 (Feb 25, 2026)The last World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. The new total is 112 copyright suits = 85 U.S. suits + 27 suits in the rest of the world. OpenAI was just sued in South Korea by broadcasters KBS, MBC, and SBS. Recent U.S. cases added: Carreyrou v. OpenAI, Chmura v. Snap, Gardner v. Runway AI, and Ace…
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DMCA strikes yet again: Ace Cam v. Runway AI. Total = 85 copyright suits v. AI
Read more: DMCA strikes yet again: Ace Cam v. Runway AI. Total = 85 copyright suits v. AIThe rash of DMCA anti-circumvention claims related to YouTube videos against AI companies continues. These lawsuits might be exploiting one advantage over a traditional copyright infringement suit: unlike a copyright infringement claim, a DMCA claim does not require a copyright registration to file a lawsuit but, at the same time, allows its own DMCA statutory…
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NVIDIA moves to dismiss YouTube creator Ted Entertainment’s complaint for failing to state a DMCA violation for an access-control to YouTube videos
Read more: NVIDIA moves to dismiss YouTube creator Ted Entertainment’s complaint for failing to state a DMCA violation for an access-control to YouTube videosNVIDIA moved to dismiss YouTube creator Ted Entertainment’s complaint. NVIDIA argues that the complaint fails to allege any access-control to YouTube videos, and the DMCA does not prohibit circumvention of copying controls (due to concerns about fair use). This issue has already been brief in other litigation, including the cases against Suno. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD NVIDIA’S…
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Gardner, YouTube creator, sues Runway AI. Copyright cases hit 84.
Read more: Gardner, YouTube creator, sues Runway AI. Copyright cases hit 84.The recent rash of DMCA anti-circumvention cases continues. David Gardner sued Runway AI in a proposed class action complaint for an alleged violation of the DMCA anti-circumvention provision, 1201(a), in relation to YouTube videos. YouTube creators have recently filed lawsuits in other cases, including Ted Entertainment v. NVIDIA, Ted Entertainment v. Meta, Ted Entertaintment v.…
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Following a joint stipulation, Judge Thompson severs Carreyrou v. OpenAI for transfer to MDL
Read more: Following a joint stipulation, Judge Thompson severs Carreyrou v. OpenAI for transfer to MDLThe first domino in the omnibus copyright lawsuit filed by book author John Carreyrou v. Anthopic has dropped. Following a joint stipulation by the relevant parties, Judge Thompson issued an order severing Carreyrou v. OpenAI so it can be transferred to the MDL Litigation, where it most likely will be stayed while the rest of…
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Anthropic scores minor win as Judge Lee deems Concord Music v. Anthropic II (alleged use of shadow libraries) is related to Concord Music v. Anthropic I. II gets reassigned to Judge Lee
Read more: Anthropic scores minor win as Judge Lee deems Concord Music v. Anthropic II (alleged use of shadow libraries) is related to Concord Music v. Anthropic I. II gets reassigned to Judge LeeAnthropic scored a minor victory today as Judge Lee agreed with Anthropic that Concord Music Group v. Anthropic II, recently filed and assigned to Judge Lin, is related to the originally filed case of Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I already before Judge Lee. That means Judge Lee will now get Concord Music Group v.…
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Nicole Chmura, YouTube creators, sues Snap for DMCA violation. AI copyright suit No. 82 in U.S.
Read more: Nicole Chmura, YouTube creators, sues Snap for DMCA violation. AI copyright suit No. 82 in U.S.There’s been a recent rash of DMCA anti-circumvention lawsuits filed against AI companies. Today adds another one: Nicole Chmura sued Snap for an alleged violation of the DMCA related to Snap’s alleged bypassing YouTube technological protection measures to train Snap’s AI models. The other DMCA 1201 lawsuits involving YouTube videos include: Ted Entertainment v. Snap,…