Chat GPT Is Eating the World

Category: Lawsuits

Excerpts of Mark Zuckerberg’s deposition by David Boies. Not as bad as plaintiffs say?

The Kadrey plaintiffs filed the unredacted version of their reply brief in support of their motion to file a Third Amended Consolidated Complaint, which Judge Chhabria granted. In their Reply, plaintiffs assert: “And just yesterday, when asked about the type of piracy described in the TACC, Mr. Zuckerberg testified that such activity would raise “lots…
Read more: Excerpts of Mark Zuckerberg’s deposition by David Boies. Not as bad as plaintiffs say?
Judge Breyer grants order recaptioning consolidated cases filed by O’Nan, Makkai v. Databricks, Mosaic as In Re Mosaic LLM Litigation.

Here’s the order from Judge Breyer recaptioning the consolidated cases of O’Nan and Makkai as: In Re Mosaic LLM Litigation:
Read more: Judge Breyer grants order recaptioning consolidated cases filed by O’Nan, Makkai v. Databricks, Mosaic as In Re Mosaic LLM Litigation.
Vacker Plaintiffs file opposition to Eleven Labs motion to dismiss

The Vacker plaintiffs filed their oposition to Eleven Labs’ motion to dismiss. The plaintiffs address the standing issue for DMCA CMI claims.
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OpenAI cites Magistrate Judge’s discovery order, limits to Magistrate Judge Wang in Authors Guild, New York Times suits

Fascinating to see the AI lawsuits being litigated simultaneously in Northern District of California and the Southern District of New York. OpenAI got a favorable discovery ruling from Magistrate Judge Illman in the In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation and is using it as relevant authority in a letter to Magistrate Judge Wang.
Read more: OpenAI cites Magistrate Judge’s discovery order, limits to Magistrate Judge Wang in Authors Guild, New York Times suits
Magistrate Judge Illman orders party to try to work out solution to deposing former OpenAI employee Robert Mann, co-founder of Anthropic

Magistrate Judge Illman wants the parties to meet and confer to resolve the dispute raised by non-party Robert Mann, whom the plaintiffs subpoenaed for a deposition: ORDER re 248 MOTION to Quash Plaintiffs’ Third-Party Deposition Subpoena or, in the Alternative, for a Protective Order filed by Benjamin J. Mann. All discovery disputes in this case…
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Plaintiffs submit unredacted filing with glimpses of Meta’s Michael Clark’s deposition re: LibGen, blocklist, de-deduping, MZ

The plaintiffs in the Kadrey v. Meta lawsuit have filed their brief with Exhibit A regarding deposing a Meta witness regarding seeding of torrents (which Judge Chhabria has now granted). It’s fascinating to read some of the testimony of Meta’s Michael Clark, who testified to a range of topics, including that (1) use of the…
Read more: Plaintiffs submit unredacted filing with glimpses of Meta’s Michael Clark’s deposition re: LibGen, blocklist, de-deduping, MZ
Judge Chhabria grants Meta’s revised sealing motion

Finally, some good news this week for Meta. Judge Chabbria granted their revised motion to seal part of the Exhibits to the briefs related to the Third Amended Consolidated Complaint. ORDER. Meta’s 390 391 renewed sealing motion is granted. The parties are ordered to refile unredacted versions of any other currently redacted and sealed materials…
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Judge Stein allows public listening via online audio of oral argument re: OpenAI, Microsoft’s motion to dismiss some of New York Times claims on Jan. 14, 10:30 AM EDT

Great news! Judge Sydney Stein issued an order allowing public listening via online audio of the oral argument regarding OpenAI’s and Microsoft’s motions to dismiss some of the New York Times’ claims on Jan. 14, 2025, 10:30 AM, in Courtroom 23A. The court’s order states: “IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that any person who wishes to listen-in…
Read more: Judge Stein allows public listening via online audio of oral argument re: OpenAI, Microsoft’s motion to dismiss some of New York Times claims on Jan. 14, 10:30 AM EDT
Judge Chhabria grants Kadrey, represented by David Boies, leave to amend to file Third Amended Consolidated Complaint. Adds DMCA CMI claim, CA Computer Fraud Act claim. Plus, Kadrey gets to depose Meta about seeding of works via torrents.

As we predicted from what transpired at the hearing last week, which was a disaster for Meta and Mark Zuckerberg, Judge Chhabria granted the Kadrey plaintiffs, represented by the David Boies law firm, their motion for leave to file a Third Amended Consolidated Complaint (TACC). The actual TACC is still under seal but will soon…
Read more: Judge Chhabria grants Kadrey, represented by David Boies, leave to amend to file Third Amended Consolidated Complaint. Adds DMCA CMI claim, CA Computer Fraud Act claim. Plus, Kadrey gets to depose Meta about seeding of works via torrents.
Lehrman (voice actor) plaintiffs file their opposition to Lovo’s motion to dismiss

The Lehrman plaintiffs (voice actors) filed their opposition to the defendant Lovo’s motion to dismiss. The outline of their argument is below, along with the brief.
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