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 . . .

Court blocks part of Texas law targeting social media content

Two trade associations - the Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice, LLC sued the Attorney General of Texas over a Texas law called House . . .

Artist’s side hustle lands him in DMCA litigation with autonomous vehicle company

A dispute between a digital artist and his former employer over content rights resulted in a court allowing the employee's DMCA claim while striking the . . .

X avoids much of music industry copyright lawsuit

Plaintiffs sued X for copyright infringement arising from X’s users uploading tweets that contained copyright-protected music. Plaintiffs accused X of “trying to generate the kind . . .

Print-on-demand platform avoids liability for illustrator’s copyright claims

Plaintiff illustrator (known for his works involving fish) sued defendant print-on-demand online platform operators for copyright infringement. Defendants’ platform enabled third parties to upload designs . . .

Game developer prevails in action over bogus DMCA takedown notices

Defendant posted some videos on YouTube about the game Destiny 2. The videos stayed online for eight years with no issues until Bungie, the game's . . .

Fourth Circuit overturns massive jury verdict in copyright case against internet service provider

Plaintiff copyright holders sued defendant internet service provider alleging both vicarious and contributory copyright infringement liability arising from defendant’s customers downloading or distributing songs using . . .

GenAI and copyright: Court dismisses almost all claims against OpenAI in authors’ suit

Plaintiff authors sued large language model provider OpenAI and related entities for copyright infringement, alleging that plaintiffs’ books were used to train ChatGPT. Plaintiffs asserted . . .