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Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.
Read more: Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.The U.S. copyright lawsuits against AI companies continue unabated. Here are the Top 5 news items: 1. Apple joins the copyright party. Although Apple has been roundly criticized for its slow development of Apple Intelligence, that hasn’t stopped book authors from suing Apple for copyright infringement in proposed class actions. In addition to the earlier…
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OpenAI agrees to more limited preservation order to keep output logs of accounts associated with certain websites
Read more: OpenAI agrees to more limited preservation order to keep output logs of accounts associated with certain websitesOpenAI has agreed to a stipulated preservation order of output logs of users for ChatGPT associated with certain websites in Appendix A below. It looks these websites are copy-pasta news sites that are re–publishing news articles from other sources. DOWNLOAD THE ORDER
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Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.
Read more: Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.It’s been a hot minute since our last status report. Right now, we are in the doldrums of discovery. We do not expect any other summary judgment decisions on fair use in AI training until summer 2026 at the earliest. So far, 3 judges ruled on fair use, 2 for and 1 against. But their…
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Magistrate Judge sets June 26, 11:30 AM for conference over output logs of ChatGPT
Read more: Magistrate Judge sets June 26, 11:30 AM for conference over output logs of ChatGPTMagistrate Judge Ona Wang has scheduled June 26, 2025 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM for a conference to resolve the outstanding–and contentious–dispute over how much of ChatGPT’s output logs must be preserved and produced by OpenAI. The Order of Judge Wang comes with detailed instructions on what the parties must do: The Court has…
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Judge Stein opinion rejecting OpenAI’s request for discovery of New York Times’ use of AI and revenues. Is it reversible error?
Read more: Judge Stein opinion rejecting OpenAI’s request for discovery of New York Times’ use of AI and revenues. Is it reversible error?In a 12-page opinion, Judge Sidney Stein agreed with Magistrate Judge Ona Wang’s denial of OpenAI’s motion to compel (1) the New York Times to produce information about the Times’s own use of AI tools, as well as its alleged decreases in revenues and Times’ licensing efforts; and (2) the Authors Guild book plaintiffs to…
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Judge Stein allows New York Times parties to file letter re: its motion to compel OpenAI discovery regarding its destruction of output logs
Read more: Judge Stein allows New York Times parties to file letter re: its motion to compel OpenAI discovery regarding its destruction of output logsJudge Stein allowed the newspaper plaintiffs to file a supplemental letter regarding their motion to compel discovery from OpenAI regarding its destruction of output logs.
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Status of all 39 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Feb. 18, 2025): Judge Bibas rejects fair use in AI training in stunning reversal.
Read more: Status of all 39 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Feb. 18, 2025): Judge Bibas rejects fair use in AI training in stunning reversal.It’s been a hot minute since our last update. Here’s the latest on all 39 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. New cases Significant rulings Upcoming Hearings Visit our Master List of all copyright cases with attorneys and claims listed. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence…
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New York Times orders staff to use AI tools
Read more: New York Times orders staff to use AI toolsAs first reported by Jess Weatherbed in the Verge, the New York Times has reportedly instructed its staff to use AI tools, including its internal AI tool named Echo, “GitHub Copilot as a programming assistant, Google Vertex AI for product development, NotebookLM, the NYT’s ChatExplorer, OpenAI’s non-ChatGPT API, and some of Amazon’s AI products.” The New…
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New York Times, OpenAI, Microsoft try to hammer out deposition coordination, other discovery disputes
Read more: New York Times, OpenAI, Microsoft try to hammer out deposition coordination, other discovery disputesThe parties in the consolidated newspaper lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft asked Magistrate Judge Wang to hold a settlement conference to facilitate an arrangement for coordinated depositions of witnesses, including in the book authors’ consolidated lawsuits and lawsuits in California. They say they are close to reaching an arrangement. They also filed a master chart…