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Open AI appeals German injunction in music copyright infringement case: panel not too likely to refer to European Court of Justice aifray.com/open-ai-appeal…

Meta faces parallel antitrust investigations by European Commission, Italian competition authority over AI use in WhatsApp Contains quotes from Geradin Partners' Jérémie Jourdan. aifray.com/meta-faces-par…

German court held #OpenAI liable for violating #copyright in 15-word passage (besides longer ones), rejected non-profit argument: full decision aifray.com/german-court-h…

We have updated this article with exclusive comments from the organization that just won a #copyright lawsuit against OpenAI: "One can't overstate the importance of this ruling, a milestone for right holders." And more...

First #copyright ruling against #OpenAI worldwide: music rights collecting society GEMA wins German injunction over song lyrics — to be appealed now The Munich I Regional Court just announced the decision. OpenAI lost all the way and will now appeal. aifray.com/first-copyrigh…

EXCLUSIVE: lead counsel Justin Nelson of Susman Godfrey on $1.5B Anthropic settlement aifray.com/exclusive-lead…

German xAI/Grok injunction poses fundamental legal threat to all AI chatbots in Germany: liability for falsehoods The Hamburg Regional Court granted @campact a preliminary injunction. They can comply, but what about all other falsehoods and all the bots? aifray.com/german-xai-gro…

Professor Lee's blog covers AI copyright disputes far more systematically than we do. We look at AI regulation and litigation generally, and have paid particular attention to only a few cases or decisions. We've focused on only a few cases and decisions (Anthropic etc.). 🧵2/2

We wish to thank Professor Edward Lee, author of the world's leading reference on dozens of AI copyright litigations (ChatGPTIsEatingTheWorld), for pointing to our coverage of, and commentary on, the recent GEMA v. OpenAI hearing: chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/10/01/mun… 🧵1/2

BREAKING: #OpenAI on losing track in German #copyright case brought by music rights collecting society GEMA over song lyrics; injunction looms large The court is not buying any of OpenAI's core (copyright) defenses. aifray.com/breaking-opena…

“Fair settlement”: federal judge allows book authors’ $1.5B ($3K/book) agreement with Claude AI maker Anthropic to be implemented In formal terms this approval of the copyright settlement is preliminary, but the judge said he thinks it will happen. aifray.com/fair-settlemen…

‘AI companies, you are not above the law’: Anthropic’s $1.5B proposed book author copyright settlement receives industry-wide support aifray.com/ai-companies-y…

The judge overseeing the Anthropic copyright case has given the parties until 9/23 to answer questions about practical aspects of the settlement. That's what a judge does when he wants a settlement to work out, provided that it's well-crafted. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

$1.5B Anthropic-book author settlement: approval postponed, should never be taken for granted, but trial still appears unlikely That district had a reputation for rubberstamping class-action settlements. Those days are gone, but it should work out. aifray.com/1-5b-anthropic…

Anthropic’s record $1.5B+ copyright settlement is a great deal for book authors that doesn’t sound the death knells on Generative AI aifray.com/anthropics-rec…

BREAKING: Anthropic settles book authors’ #copyright class action — win for lawyer Justin Nelson who got Fox to pay $800M for falsehoods about Dominion voting machines The world's 1st large-scale AI settlement. The amount isn't known yet, but must be big aifray.com/breaking-anthr…

Anthropic draws judge’s ire in book authors’ multi-billion-dollar copyright case: “if Anthropic loses big it will be because what it did wrong was also big” The order ups the ante for, and the overall settlement pressure on, Anthropic. aifray.com/anthropic-draw…

"The district court’s class certification saddles Anthropic with hundreds of billions of dollars in potential statutory liability. Trial is set to begin in less than four months, on December 1, 2025, and the district court already has pressed the parties for settlement." 🧵2/2

In April we explained that Anthropic's *hypothetical* liability in the book authors' class action case in California is $750 billion. An amicus curiae brief filed by tech industry groups with the appeals court (9th Circuit) confirms it: ccianet.org/wp-content/upl… 🧵1/2

OpenAI slapped with serious #patent lawsuit for first time as French company KeeeX attacks Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) anti-(deep)fake news mechanism in eight countries There'll be a lot more AI patent litigation. A lot. aifray.com/openai-slapped…