The publisher of Harry Potter has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn (£1.12bn) copyright settlement between the AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over the use of... Read more »
A group of major publishers have filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of illegally using millions of copyrighted books to help build its Gemini artificial intelligence models, in “one of... Read more »
Five major publishers sued Meta Platforms in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the tech giant misused their books and journal articles to train its artificial intelligence models. Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette,... Read more »
Apple is the latest tech company to be hit with a proposed class action lawsuit over unauthorized training of AI models using published books. On Friday, authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson... Read more »
In an announcement that stunned industry veterans who remember publishing’s drawn-out fair use battle with Google, Anthropic has reportedly reached a preliminary agreement with attorneys representing authors and publishers in a class... Read more »
Authors v. Anthropic copyright piracy lawsuit speeds ahead Aug 12 2025 The class action lawsuit filed against Anthropic charging the AI company with illegally using pirated books to train its large language... Read more »
Meta wins AI copyright case, but judge writes roadmap for authors’ revenge Jun 26 2025 U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria granted summary judgment to Meta in a case brought by 13 authors,... Read more »
Former register of copyrights Shira Perlmutter filed suit in federal court on May 22, challenging her removal from office and seeking reinstatement to her position at the U.S. Copyright Office. Source link Read more »
The Trump administration reportedly fired the head of the US copyright office over the weekend – within days of the dismissed official having published a report about how the development of artificial... Read more »