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After Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications, Concord Music changes its claim of intentional contributory infringement from Anthropic to Dario Amodei, Benjamin Mann based on evidence revealed in unsealed filings in Bartz v. Anthropic
Concord Music Group just filed a First Amended Complaint in the second lawsuit it filed against Anthropic. Flush with the evidence and deposition testimony from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and co-founder Benjamin Mann (who engaged in the torrenting of files from shadow libraries), Concord Music wasted no time to retool. Concord Music filed its First Read more
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BMG seeks to relate its case to Concord Music v. Anthropic. If related, case would be assigned to Judge Lee in San Jose
BMG, which recently sued Anthropic, just filed a motion to have Judge Lee consider whether its case is related to Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I, which is currently at the summary judgment briefing stage. Concord Music II is already related to I, but on a later schedule. BMG’s Notice of Motion DOWNLOAD THE MOTION Read more
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Cox Communications decision looms large over AI lawsuits as parties file supplemental briefs and letters on Supreme Court’s decision
The Supreme Court’s clarification, in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, of the standards for contributory infringement based on a showing of the defendant’s intent continues to reverberate in the copyright lawsuits against AI companies. The Court held: “To establish that a provider intended its service to be used for infringement, a copyright owner must Read more
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Getty Images, Stability AI answer question from Judge Thompson re: motion to dismiss ahead of 4/7/2026 2:00 PM hearing
The parties in Getty Images v. Stability AI have answered the questions sent by Judge Trina Thompson ahead of the hearing on the partial motion to dismiss filed by Stability AI. The hearing is on 4/7/2026 at 2:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 09. Question 1: My comment: Courts have in fact referred to “double scienter” Read more
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Latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies (April 5, 2026)
The latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies is now out. There are 130 copyright suits against AI companies = 100 in US and 30 in the rest of the world. We added: (1) Koda v. Suno in Denmark; (2) RTI & Medusa Film v. Perplexity AI in Italy. Plus, many others in Read more
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English translation of Munich I Regional Court’s decision in GEMA v. OpenAI (case no. 42 O 14139/24). (AI translated)
After struggling to find any English translation of the important decision of first instance by Munich I Regional Court in GEMA v. OpenAI (case no. 42 O 14139/24), we made an unofficial English translation with the help of AI. The German opinion can be found here. PLEASE NOTE: This is an unofficial translation. We don’t Read more