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Supreme Court requires intent for contributory copyright infringement in a decision likely helpful to AI companies
In 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 Read more
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Judge Tigar sets scheduling order in Nazemian v. NVIDIA. Class certification hearing Aug. 26, 2027, but SJ yet to be scheduled.
Judge Tigar issued part of the scheduling order in Nazemian v. NVIDIA. The class certification hearing won’t be until Aug. 26, 2027. And the Judge will later issue the schedule for summary judgment motions. Read more
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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 Read more
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OpenAI pulls plug on AI video generator Sora in major shakeup to compete with Anthropic in enterprise
THE 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 Read more