Meta Faces Legal Challenge by French Publishers Over AI Training March 12, 2025 By Benoit Berthelot French publishers and authors are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for copyright infringement, accusing the tech giant of using their books...
Birkenstock Sandals Are Pieces of Design and Not Protected by Copyright: German Court February 21, 2025 Birkenstock sandals, which have evolved from a symbol of counterculture to a trendy fashion item, do not qualify as art...
Thomson Reuters Wins AI Copyright ‘Fair Use’ Ruling February 12, 2025 By Blake Brittain A federal judge in Delaware on Tuesday said that a former competitor of Thomson Reuters was not permitted by U.S....
Meta Knew It Used Pirated Books to Train AI, Authors Say January 10, 2025 By Blake Brittain Meta Platforms used pirated versions of copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence systems with approval from its CEO Mark...
Ed Sheeran Beats Copyright Appeal Over ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Song November 1, 2024 By Blake Brittain Ed Sheeran, his record label Warner Music WMG.O and music publisher Sony Music Publishing 6758.T persuaded a U.S. appeals court...
Murdoch Firms Dow Jones and New York Post Sue Perplexity AI October 21, 2024 By Dawn Chmielewski Media baron Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones and New York Post filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Monday, claiming the...
Major Book Publishers Defeat Internet Archive Appeal Over Digital Scanning September 6, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court sided with four major book publishers that accused the nonprofit Internet Archive of illegally scanning copyrighted...
Authors’ Class Action Targets AI Company Anthropic for Copyright Infringement August 23, 2024 By Blake Brittain Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in California federal court by three authors who say...
AI Startup Suno Says Music Industry Suit Aims to Stifle Competition August 2, 2024 By Rachel Metz AI music startup Suno is pushing back against the world’s biggest record labels, saying in a court filing that a...
Squishmallows Maker Can Sue Build-A-Bear Over Alleged Plush Toy Knockoffs July 17, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge rejected Build-A-Bear Workshop’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that its Skoosherz plush toys were unauthorized knockoffs...