Copyright Infringement

Delhi High Court denied an interim injunction against OpenAI in a copyright lawsuit by ANI. The judge stated that OpenAI's use of ANI's literary works for training Large Language Models does not prima facie constitute copyright infringement.

News Corp, the Murdoch family-owned parent company of The Wall Street Journal and New York Post, is suing Brave AI for copyright infringement, alleging it scraped and sold their content. Brave previously filed a countersuit, claiming fair use. News Corp argues Brave's actions undermine content licensing and harm the journalism ecosystem.

X and music publishers have settled opposing lawsuits. The original lawsuit, filed in 2023, alleged that Twitter hosted thousands of cases of copyright infringement.

Major book publishers, including Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, and Elsevier, filed a federal class action lawsuit against Google, alleging that its Gemini AI system illegally scraped millions of copyrighted books and articles from online sources, including pirated sites and licensed databases, to train the AI. The publishers claim Google's actions undermine human creativity and the literary industry by generating AI substitutes that compete with original works, such as summaries, alternative versions of novels, and replacement textbook chapters.

The New York Times, the Daily News, and other media outlets are urging a federal judge to sanction OpenAI for allegedly hiding evidence in a copyright infringement case. They claim OpenAI and Microsoft trained AI systems using millions of news articles without permission, violating copyright laws and harming the news industry.

The LDS Church is suing John Dehlin, an excommunicated member, over his use of the term 'Mormon' in the Mormon Stories podcast. Dehlin argues the name is freely usable by all, while the church claims it seeks to control the term's usage post-name change.

A porn company, previously described as a 'copyright troll' by a judge, is now suing Meta for copyright infringement. The company previously targeted individuals who downloaded its films, earning millions through such actions.

Investors sued Adobe executives for allegedly failing to disclose risks related to AI training data and copyright infringement, claiming executives misrepresented Adobe's AI strategy as 'commercially safe.' The lawsuit alleges Adobe used unauthorized copyrighted material from Bibliotik for AI training, leading to lawsuits against the company and significant stock price declines.

The Supreme Court overturned a 5th Circuit ruling that held ISP Grande Communications liable for contributory copyright infringement related to piracy. This decision aligns with a previous ruling against Cox Communications, reinforcing that ISPs are not liable for copyright infringement unless they actively facilitate it.