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Alcon Entertainment opposes motions to dismiss filed by Elon Musk, Tesla, and

Alcon Entertainment, the maker of and copyright holder to Blade Runner 2049, filed its opposition to the motions to dismiss filed by Elon Musk, Tesla, and Warner Brothers Discovery. Read more

March 23, 2025
Tremblay plaintiffs want to file second amended complaint to add Microsoft to the ChatGPT Litigation and other claims. OpenAI opposes.

In the In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation, another case in which the David Boies firm appears have taken the lead in the plaintiffs’ case from the Joseph Saveri firm, the plaintiffs are seeking to file a second amended complaint to add Microsoft as a defendant, to expand the scope of works beyond books to include Read more

March 23, 2025
After losing on motion to dismiss, Meta files Answer to Kadrey’s third amended complaint

After losing on its motion to dismiss, Meta filed its answer to Kadrey’s Third Amended Consolidated Complaint. One important admission is that the plaintiffs’ books were in the Books3 dataset. Meta also admits: “it used data from LibGen, Z-Lib, Sci-Hub, Common Crawl, and data collected using its web crawler Spidermate to train one or more Read more

March 23, 2025
Meta seeks a rebuttal expert report and depositions of its experts on “leeching” of files in torrenting

Meta is asking Judge Chabbria to allow them to conduct further expert depositions and to file a rebutal expert report about the process of “leeching” of torrented files (meaning sharing the files with others while also downloading them). Meta says that the Kadrey plaintiffs have invoked leeching in its motion for partial summary judgment, yet, Read more

March 23, 2025
Master chart of copyright, DMCA and other claims in suits v. AI

We compiled a master chart identifying which claims are being asserted against AI companies in the United States in the complaints in the respective cases. This chart includes claims that may have been later dismissed (because it is possible that the courts of appeals take a different view on the claims). We tried to identify Read more

March 23, 2025
Kadrey plaintiffs file unredacted version of brief for summary judgment against Meta. Exposes Meta employees’ comments.

As Judge Chabbria ordered, the Kadrey plaintiffs have filed their largely unredacted brief for partial summary judgment finding infringement by Meta. (The redacted parts relate to confidential information subject the sealing order for the case.) In the unredacted brief, we get a greater glimpse of Meta’s internal discussions related to the controversial Library Genesis dataset. Read more

March 21, 2025