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Final Approval of Class Settlement Hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic recap

Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin held the hearing for the final approval of the class settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic, which was also live-streamed. Class Counsel Justin Nelson said the payout per work in the class will be $3,100. The class had 92.77% of participation rate for the works in the works list. David Hansen of Authors…
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Musk v. Altman trial week 3: Ilya Sutskever provides captivating testimony favorable to OpenAI

Week 3 of the Musk v. Altman trial started off big. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified about the company’s investment in OpenAI, initially $1 billion, of which Nadella said he was proud to be the first company to back OpenAI. Nadella also testified about the “chaos” ensuing the attempted firing of Sam Altman and Nadella’s…
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Was ImageNet offered illegally? Copyright suit over ImageNet dataset, EVOX Productions v. Stanford University, puts academic AI research under new scrutiny

Earlier, in March 2026, Stanford University filed its Answer to the Second Amended Complaint filed by EVOX Productions. EVOX is the producer of car photographs alleged to be used by Stanford researchers without licenses as a part of its ImageNet dataset. Stanford’s defenses are no surprise. The ImageNet dataset of images scraped from the Internet…
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After publishing article on Bitcoin founder, John Carreyrou wants to keep his lawsuit v. Anthropic, Google, xAI, Perplexity, Apple, NVIDIA intact

You’ve got to hand it to author John Carreyrou. He persists. Despite a sua sponte severing by Judge Chhabria of a similar lawsuit filed by the same law firm representing him against 8 AI companies, Carreyrou d/b/a Cambronne is attempting to persuade Judge Pitts not to do the same in his case. Carreyrou is the…
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Hendrix, Apple propose schedule for AI copyright lawsuit. Runs to 2028!

In Hendrix v. Apple, the Hendrix book authors and Apple have proposed the following case schedule, with parts in dispute: Wow. It will take us all the way to 2028!! DOWNLOAD THE PROPOSED CASE SCHEDULE
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Getty Images, Stability AI answer question from Judge Thompson re: motion to dismiss ahead of 4/7/2026 2:00 PM hearing

The parties in Getty Images v. Stability AI have answered the questions sent by Judge Trina Thompson ahead of the hearing on the partial motion to dismiss filed by Stability AI. The hearing is on 4/7/2026 at 2:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 09. Question 1: My comment: Courts have in fact referred to “double scienter”…
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Judge Thompson asks questions re: motion to dismiss ahead of 4/7/2026 2:00 PM hearing

In Getty Images v. Stability AI, Judge Trina Thompson has sent the lawyers questions ahead of the hearing on the partial motion to dismiss filed by Stability AI. The hearing is on 4/7/2026 at 2:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 09. The questions are: DOWNLOAD THE QUESTION
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Judge Chhabria denies Meta’s motion to dismiss Entrepreneur Media’s contributory infringement claim. But opinion fails to cite Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications

Judge Chhabria denied Meta’s motion to dismiss Entrepreneur Media’s contributory infringement claim and DMCA 1202(b)(1) claim. The intriguing part is that Judge Chhabria’s opinion fails to cite or discuss the Supreme Court’s recent clarification of contributory infringement in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment. Here’s the part of the Supreme Court’s opinion that is key:…
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Fortune journalist Nick Lichtenberg sparks debate over AI-assisted journalism. He wrote more articles in 6 months than any of his peers did in 1 year, while accounting for 20% of Fortune’s web traffic in 2025. Journalists take note.

This week, journalists may have just crossed the AI Rubicon. Both the Wall Street Journal and Wired published articles exposing how journalists and reporters admitted to using AI at varying levels, such as in writing or editing their articles. Perhaps the most fascinating of all is Fortune’s Nick Lichtenberg, who churned out 600 articles since…
Read more: Fortune journalist Nick Lichtenberg sparks debate over AI-assisted journalism. He wrote more articles in 6 months than any of his peers did in 1 year, while accounting for 20% of Fortune’s web traffic in 2025. Journalists take note.
Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies (Mar. 27, 2027) Total = 97

We 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…
Read more: Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies (Mar. 27, 2027) Total = 97