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Supreme Court requires intent for contributory copyright infringement in a decision likely helpful to AI companies
Read more: Supreme Court requires intent for contributory copyright infringement in a decision likely helpful to AI companiesIn Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entm’t, the Supreme Court (9-0) just handed down a major ruling. The Court held: “a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights.” Knowledge of infringement by users…
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Summary judgment briefing gets pushed back in OpenAI MDL suit. Replies due Nov. 6 instead of Oct. 16.
Read more: Summary judgment briefing gets pushed back in OpenAI MDL suit. Replies due Nov. 6 instead of Oct. 16.The pool of cases that might have a decision on fair use in AI training in 2026 is dwindling fast. In In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, Judge Stein granted the parties’ request for an amendment to the scheduling order, which pushes the reply briefs for summary judgment all the way to Nov. 6 (instead…
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OpenAI pulls plug on AI video generator Sora in major shakeup to compete with Anthropic in enterprise
Read more: OpenAI pulls plug on AI video generator Sora in major shakeup to compete with Anthropic in enterpriseTHE CLAUDE EFFECT. OpenAI pulls the plug on video generator Sora. No more video generation. According to the Wall Street Journal, “CEO Sam Altman announced the changes to staff on Tuesday, writing that the company would wind down products that use its video models. In addition to the consumer app, OpenAI is also discontinuing a…
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Musk v. Altman prepares for April 27 trial. Judge Gonzalez Rogers says it’s “unlikely that punitive damages will be available.” Also court will have an overflow room to watch the trial.
Read more: Musk v. Altman prepares for April 27 trial. Judge Gonzalez Rogers says it’s “unlikely that punitive damages will be available.” Also court will have an overflow room to watch the trial.Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers issued her Pretrial Order No. 1 in the much anticipated trial in Musk v. Altman. One of the most interesting revelations in the Order is that the judge said it is “unlikely that punitive damages will be available” in this case (a separate order will follow). But the Judge left open the…
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Ted Entertainment files 1st amended complaint v. NVIDIA
Read more: Ted Entertainment files 1st amended complaint v. NVIDIATed Entertainment filed a First Amended Complaint against NVIDIA for its alleged copyright infringement in allegedly violating the DMCA by circumventing access controls to use Plaintiffs’ YouTube videos to train NVIDIA’s AI models. We performed a Track Changes version showing what was changed. Most of it looks like the access-control argument related to YouTube videos,…
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Anthropic sued 2x in 1 day. Shadow Library Strategy strikes again. Total all copyright suits v. AI companies hits 93.
Read more: Anthropic sued 2x in 1 day. Shadow Library Strategy strikes again. Total all copyright suits v. AI companies hits 93.The Shadow Library Strategy is back. Two new copyright lawsuits were filed against Anthropic. The first, Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic, was filed by the same Stris & Maher law firm that already filed a similar lawsuit against the same defendants: Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, Perplexity, Apple, and NVIDIA. Docket is here.…
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster Dictionary sue OpenAI, in lawsuit similar to their one v. Perplexity. Total suits v. AI = 91.
Read more: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster Dictionary sue OpenAI, in lawsuit similar to their one v. Perplexity. Total suits v. AI = 91.Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster Dictionary filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, March 13. It’s similar to their first lawsuit against Perplexity AI. Because the MDL Litigation against OpenAI (and Microsoft) is nearing the close of fact discovery, there’s a very good chance this new lawsuit will be transferred there and then be stayed.…
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Following motion to dismiss, John Carreyrou substitutes his company Cambronne as Plaintiff, plus adds NVIDIA and Apple to the omnibus copyright suit v. the U.S. AI industry
Read more: Following motion to dismiss, John Carreyrou substitutes his company Cambronne as Plaintiff, plus adds NVIDIA and Apple to the omnibus copyright suit v. the U.S. AI industryYou got to hand it to book author John Carreyrou. He dreams big. After Anthropic moved to dismiss him from his lawsuit given that he doesn’t own the copyright to his works–his company Cambronne does–Carreyrou has substituted his company as the lead plaintiff. But, even more importantly, Carreyrou has added NVIDIA and Apple as defendants.…
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Judge Breyer grants Google’s request for extension to answer David L. Greene’s complaint that Google removed to federal court
Read more: Judge Breyer grants Google’s request for extension to answer David L. Greene’s complaint that Google removed to federal courtIn the lawsuit Google removed to federal court, Judge Breyer granted Google’s request for an extension: “Having considered Defendants Google LLC and Alphabet Inc.’s (“Defendants”) motion,the Court hereby GRANTS Defendants’ request to enlarge time to respond to Plaintiff’scomplaint and/or file any motion directed the pleading. Defendants shall respond to Plaintiff’scomplaint and/or file any motion directed…