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Before retiring, Tim Cook sued in copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit for Apple’s AI training on copyrighted works. 5th copyright shareholder derivative suit total.
Before Tim Cook heads off into retirement at the end of August, he was just sued in a copyright shareholder derivative suit, the 5th such lawsuit in the United States. I’ve coined this term to describe shareholder derivative lawsuits under securities law that are based on the allegation that the directors and officers (D&O) approved… Read more
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OpenAI sued by textbook authors Michael Sullivan. Total copyright cases = 132.
Michael Sullivan and other textbook authors have sued OpenAI in the Southern District of New. The docket is here. It’s similar to the Sullivan v. Meta case in the Northern District of California. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD COMPLAINT: Substack Follow Us on Substack AI copyright & tort litigation, tracked in real time. Subscribe Read more
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S.A. Jamendo drops its lawsuit v. Suno
S.A. Jamendo has filed a notice to voluntarily dismiss its copyright suit against Suno without prejudice. This follows another dismissal by Poseidon Wave’s suit v. Suno, although with prejudice. It would be fascinating to know what deals, if any, were struck before the dismissals. Related Story: Substack Follow Us on Substack AI copyright & tort… Read more
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Disney attempts to salvage its contributory infringement claim v. Midjourney on inducement theory, post-Cox Communications
The fallout from the Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment continues. In response to Midjourney’s motion for a judgment on the pleadings that Disney’s contributory infringement claim based on “knowledge and material contribution” fails as a matter of law under Cox, Disney says its complaint also alleges an inducement theory that… Read more
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Anthropic adds watermark to Claude-generated content
As a part of following the EU AI Act transparency rules, Anthropic rolled out invisible watermarking in Claude generated texts and file outputs from August 2, 2026. Here’s part of Anthropic’s announcement: Anthropic has signed the EU AI Act’s Article 50(2) Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, as a provider of both generative… Read more
