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Judge Gonzalez Rogers sets further case management conference in Hendrix v. Apple for May 11 via Zoom
CLERK’S NOTICE SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. You are hereby notified that the Further Case Management Conference will be held by Zoom Webinar. Joint Case Management Statement is due by 5/4/2026. Further Case Management Conference set for 5/11/2026, at 02:00 PM in Oakland, – Videoconference Only. This proceeding will be held via a Zoom webinar.Webinar Access: Read more
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Judge Hellerstein denies Udio’s motion to dismiss DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Court finds sufficient allegations based on YouTube’s “rolling cipher” TPM
In Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs dba Udio, Judge Hellerstein found that the complaint sufficient alleged that YouTube circumvented an access-control to YouTube videos via the much-disputed “rolling cipher” technological protection measure. Udio argued it was a copy-control measure. Sony Music argued it was both copy-control and access-control. Judge Hellerstein ruled that the complaint Read more
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Judge Lee relates BMG v. Anthropic to Concord Music v. Anthropic I and II
Judge Lee ordered the BMG lawsuit against Anthropic to be related to Concord Music v. Anthropic I and II. Judge Lee will now preside over all 3 lawsuits. Read more
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Meta cites Judge Chhabria’s sua sponte severing of similar case to Judge Pitts re: Carreyrou v. Anthropic
Meta wasted no time calling to Judge Pitts’s attention Judge Chhabria’s sua sponte severing the omnibus copyright lawsuit against 8 different AI companies filed by Chicken Soup for the Soul. That plaintiff is represented by the same law firm that represents Carreyrou (aka Cambronne) against the same 8 AI companies. Assuming Chicken Soup for the Read more
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Video creator Ted Entertainment now alleges YouTube videos have not just 1 but 5 technological protection measures
After Bytedance moved to dismiss video maker Ted Entertainment’s complaint, Ted filed a first amended complaint adding new allegations that YouTube has not just 1 but 5 different technological protection measures that Bytedance allegedly circumvented. The original complaint generally asserted: “YouTube deploys technological protection measures (“TPMs”) designed to control access to the underlying video files Read more
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Third Circuit sets oral argument for June 11 in 1st appeal of decision on fair use in AI training. Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence follows another recent Third Circuit decision on fair use in American Society for Testing v. UpCodes.
Mark your calendars for June 11, 2026. The Third Circuit will hear oral argument in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. It’s the first appeal of a decision related to the question whether the use of copyrighted works (here, Westlaw headnotes for judicial opinions) to train an AI model is a fair use. Judge Bibas reversed Read more