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ROSS brief argues for filtration hearing conducted by Judge Bibas before trial to identify uncopyrightable elements
The redacted version of ROSS Intelligence’s brief is now available. It argues that the court should conduct a pretrial filtration hearing on the copyrightability of Westlaw’s headnotes and legal topics. Headnotes are short summaries of points that Westlaw has drawn from a court decision. The legal topics are like topics in an index to a Read more
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OpenAI, Microsoft sued again. This time by Center for Investigative Reporting, nonprofit of Mother Jones.
The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit formed from a merger with Mother Jones, sued OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement in the use of the Center’s articles to train AI. The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York, which already has several pending lawsuits involving newspapers and online publishers. This Read more
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Status of all 26 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Jun. 26, 2024): Music labels sue Suno, Udio
Here’s the latest status report in the 26 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Lots of activity this past week: New developments from last week’s status report are indicated by an asterisk (*): Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas *ORDER: The pretrial Read more
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Complaints in copyright suit by UMG Recordings, 11 other music v. AI music generators Suno & Udio. Copyright suits v. AI hits 26 in U.S.
On Monday, two new copyright lawsuits were filed against AI companies. This time, the music labels led by UMG Recordings sued two AI music generators, Suno and Unchartered Labs d/b/a Udio. The suit against Suno was filed in the District of Massachusetts; the one against Udio in the Southern District of New York. The 12 Read more
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Judge Bibas agrees to consider whether to hold a pretrial filtration hearing on copyrightability of West works
Judge Stephanos Bibas granted the parties’ request to allow briefing on whether the court should conduct a filtration hearing to determine if some elements of West’s works are not copyrightable as a matter of law. The defendant ROSS Intelligence supports a filtration hearing, but Thomson Reuters, the plaintiff, opposes it. The briefing schedule is: Entertaining Read more
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Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (Jun. 14, 2024): 1st trial in AI cases nears, Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence
Here’s the latest news in all 24 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. We have exciting news: The new developments from last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk*. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas *Joint Letter to The Honorable Stephanos Bibas Read more