Status of copyright lawsuits v. AI (April 8, 2024)
California Plaintiffs can't intervene in New York lawsuits
Here’s the latest status report of all 20 copyright lawsuits against AI companies.
The main development was Judge Stein’s order rejecting the motion of the California Plaintiffs represented by the Joseph Saveri Law Firm to intervene in the Authors Guild case and other cases in the Southern District of New York. You can read the decision here: Judge Stein order denying California plaintiffs’ motion to intervene (filed April 1, 2024)*
Google filed its reply to the opposition to its motion to dismiss: Google reply (filed April 5, 2024), hearing for May 16, 2024, 2 PM.*
Please visit our Master List of all lawsuits organized by jurisdictions.
The new developments from last week’s report are noted in the chart below by an asterisk*