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Judge Lee reassigned Alexander v. Apple for now. Could be related to Hendrix v. Apple, Martinez-Conde-Apple.
Read more: Judge Lee reassigned Alexander v. Apple for now. Could be related to Hendrix v. Apple, Martinez-Conde-Apple.After Judge Beth Labson Freeman recused herself, the Alexander v. Apple case was reassigned to Judge Eumi Lee. The order reads: “CLERK’S NOTICE RESETTING CASE MANAGEMENT DEADLINES FOLLOWING REASSIGNMENT. Case Management Statement due by 2/11/2026. Initial Case Management Conference set for 2/25/2026 at 01:30 PM before Judge Eumi K. Lee. This proceeding will be held…
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Judge Stein issues opinion denying OpenAI’s motion to dismiss claim based on allegations of some infringing outputs. Court points to example of summary from Game of Thrones book.
Read more: Judge Stein issues opinion denying OpenAI’s motion to dismiss claim based on allegations of some infringing outputs. Court points to example of summary from Game of Thrones book.Judge Stein just issued his order denying OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the Class Plaintiffs’ claim as to infringing outputs. Judge Stein found sufficient allegations to state a claim. Judge Stein used an example of a summary generated for Game of Thrones: “the output summarizing George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones from his A Song…
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OpenAI building a music generator to compete with Suno. Will it prompt licensing or copyright lawsuits?
Read more: OpenAI building a music generator to compete with Suno. Will it prompt licensing or copyright lawsuits?OpenAI is really eating the world. After just launching a TikTok style, AI video generator Sora 2, OpenAI reportedly is building a music generator to compete with Suno (which itself faces 2 copyright lawsuits in the United States, one filed by UMG Recordings and the other by Anthony Justice). This isn’t surprising. Music generation is…
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Anthropic raises 20 affirmative defenses, including fair use, innocent infringement, copyright misuse, and due process violation for damages
Read more: Anthropic raises 20 affirmative defenses, including fair use, innocent infringement, copyright misuse, and due process violation for damagesNow that Judge Lee rejected Concord Music’s belated motion to amend the complaint (to include use of shadow libraries), Anthropic has filed its answer to the already filed first amended complaint. Anthropic includes most of the same defenses it raised in the Bartz case, including fair use and innocent infringement. But it has added 6…
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New suit: Independent artists sue Uncharted Labs in Illinois. Suit No. 54 in US. Woulard v. Uncharted Labs
Read more: New suit: Independent artists sue Uncharted Labs in Illinois. Suit No. 54 in US. Woulard v. Uncharted LabsThe lawsuits are now coming fast and furious, with the third copyright lawsuit filed this week. But this one, Woulard v. Uncharted Labs, was filed in the Northern District of Illinois, the first copyright lawsuit against an AI company filed there. This suit brings the total number of U.S. copyright suits filed against AI companies…
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No Bartz II: Anthropic wins bar on deposition questions on torrenting and acquisition of copies from “pirate libraries.”
Read more: No Bartz II: Anthropic wins bar on deposition questions on torrenting and acquisition of copies from “pirate libraries.”The ramifications of Anthropic’s major victory last week are still playing out. Anthropic defeated Concord Music’s motion to amend its complaint to add a new claim based on the use of “pirate” shadow libraries that were revealed in the unrelated lawsuit Bartz v. Anthropic. Because discovery is set to end this month and because Concord…
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Judge Stein holds 4 hour hearing for OpenAI’s motion to dismiss
Read more: Judge Stein holds 4 hour hearing for OpenAI’s motion to dismissThe MDL litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft is trudging along. Judge Stein held oral argument on various motions, including motions to dismiss the output claims. The hearing lasted nearly 4 hours! Adam Eisgrau was at the hearing and summarized it below. It sounds like Eisgrau thinks that OpenAI may get some of the claims dismissed.…
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No Bartz II. Judge Lee rejects Concord Music’s request to amend complaint to add Bartz-style piracy claim based on bittorrenting from shadow libraries
Read more: No Bartz II. Judge Lee rejects Concord Music’s request to amend complaint to add Bartz-style piracy claim based on bittorrenting from shadow librariesJudge Eumi Lee denied Concord Music’s request to amend the complaint to add a new claim of copyright infringement based on Anthropic’s alleged bittorenting of files of their musical works allegedly from shadow libraries. Concord Music alleged, in its motion, that Anthropic’s bittorrenting involving downloading fit within its existing claims of willful infringement, while it…
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OpenAI loses yet another discovery motion as Magistrate Judge Wang orders OpenAI to produce “Slack messages between Adam Nace, Alex Paino, Bob McGrew, Matt Knight, Nick Ryder, Lilian Weng, Jeff Wu, Jakub Pachocki, Jason Kwon , and Che Chang about deleting Library Genesis”
Read more: OpenAI loses yet another discovery motion as Magistrate Judge Wang orders OpenAI to produce “Slack messages between Adam Nace, Alex Paino, Bob McGrew, Matt Knight, Nick Ryder, Lilian Weng, Jeff Wu, Jakub Pachocki, Jason Kwon , and Che Chang about deleting Library Genesis”Library Genesis, the notorious shadow library, is back in the news. Last week, Magistrate Judge Wang handed another (partial) discovery loss to OpenAI. The most significant part of the ruling allows the plaintiffs in the In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation to discover “Slack messages between Adam Nace, Alex Paino, Bob McGrew, Matt Knight, Nick…
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Judge Lee rejects Anthropic’s motion to dismiss parts of Concord Music’s complaint
Read more: Judge Lee rejects Anthropic’s motion to dismiss parts of Concord Music’s complaintNo surprise: Judge Lee rejected Anthropic’s motion to dismiss parts of Concord Music’s First Amended Complaint. Judge Lee will decide whether to grant Concord Music’s motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint to add DMCA anti-circumvention claim for Anthropic’s alleged “stream ripping” of music tracks from YouTube videos. 1. Contributory infringement: As described…