AI model training case raising DMCA anticircumvention issues moves forward

Plaintiff record companies sued defendant Udio, an AI music generation platform that allows users to create songs from text prompts and audio inputs. Plaintiffs alleged . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

DMCA subpoena to “mere conduit” ISP was improper

Because ISP acted as a conduit for the transmission of material that allegedly infringed copyright, it fell under the DMCA safe harbor in 17 U.S.C. . . .

cPanel gets injunction to shut down sophisticated counterfeiting enterprise

The purveyor of cPanel - the well-known hosting automation software - has successfully obtained an injunction against an overseas enterprise accused of engaging in an . . .