Embedding video may not be copyright fair use

Plaintiff, a professional videographer, sued defendant, an operator of an online hip-hop news publication, for copyright infringement. Plaintiff had recorded two videos: a short clip . . .

Teacher’s X repost was fair use and not copyright infringement

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana dismissed with prejudice all claims brought by plaintiff author Keith Bell against Bartholomew Consolidated . . .

Supreme Court rejects contributory liability in long-running Cox case

Plaintiffs sued Defendant for secondary copyright infringement, alleging that Defendant, an internet service provider, was liable because it continued to provide internet access to subscribers . . .

Infringement case against OpenAI failed because there was no copyright registration

Thinking about suing an AI company for copyright infringement? Do not overlook the basics. Before any court will consider the merits of an infringement claim, . . .

Does the DMCA safe harbor cover infringing images in an email?

Plaintiff photographer sued Pinterest for copyright infringement, alleging Pinterest displayed his and other photographers’ copyrighted images in notifications sent outside of the Pinterest website. Pinterest . . .

Court bars expert from accessing AI source code in high profile copyright case

Plaintiffs sued Stability AI for misusing their copyrighted artwork to train generative AI models. As part of the lawsuit, plaintiffs sought to designate a University . . .

Voice cloning case presents novel AI copyright issues

Two professional voice actors based sued Lovo, a company that sells AI-generated voiceover software alleging, among other things, copyright infringement. Plaintiffs claimed that defendant took . . .

Court lets authors expand copyright case to target Databricks’ new AI models

Five copyright holders sued Databricks and Mosaic ML, claiming their copyrighted works were used to train artificial intelligence systems without permission. Plaintiffs originally alleged that . . .

TikTok and Meta terms granted other users remix rights

Plaintiff sued TikTok and Meta after other users on those platforms incorporated clips from her video into their own posts, allegedly without her permission. She . . .

X can claim trespass to chattel in data scraping case

X Corp. sued Bright Data Ltd. for unauthorized access to X's servers and the scraping and resale of data from X’s platform. Plaintiff sought the . . .