U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies, all 81 cases
Most judges in the Northern District of California now preside over AI copyright lawsuit
Here’s the latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 81 copyright suits. Download a PDF of the Map with links to each docket.
We added the recently filed lawsuit Kleiner v. Adobe in the Northern District of California, another case using the ever-popular Shadow Library Strategy.
The recent AI copyright lawsuits have been assigned. They are listed below.
1. Judge Rita F. Lin was assigned Concord Music Group v. Anthropic II. But there’s a pending motion for Judge Eumi Lee to consider relating the case to Concord Music v. Anthropic I. If Judge Lee does so, the second case will be reassigned to her. Judge Lin was also assigned James v. Together Computer.
2. Judge James Donato was assigned Youngblood v. Meta. He also presided over the Millette v. OpenAI case before it was transferred to the MDL court.
3. Judge Eumi Lee was assigned Kleiner v. Adobe. She presides over Concord Music v. Anthropic I, In re Google Generative AI Litigation, and Strike 3 Holdings v. Meta.
4. Judge Andre Birotte Jr. was assigned Ted Entertainment v. Snap. This is his first AI copyright case.
5. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin was assigned James v. Cerebras Systems. She presides over Bartz v. Anthropic and, before the transfer to MDL court, In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation.
6. Judge Trina L. Thompson was assigned Carreyrou v. Anthropic, a case filed by authors who opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic settlement. Judge Thompson presides over Getty Images v. Stability AI.
7. Judge Jon S. Tigar was assigned Ted Entertainment v. Meta Platforms. He presided over Doe 1 v. Github and presides over Nazemian v. NVIDIA.
8. Judge Jacquelyn Scott Corley was assigned Ted Entertainment v. Bytedance and Lyon v. Adobe.
9. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers was assigned Google v. SerpApi. She presides over Hendrix v. Apple consolidated cases, as well as Elon Musk v. Sam Altman.
The Northern District of California is busy.
It looks like, excluding those on senior status, the only judges in the district who have yet to receive an AI copyright case are: Chief Judge Seeborg and Judges Gilliam, Labson Freeman, Pitts, and Wise.
That’s it. Everyone else is already presiding over at least one AI copyright suit. And more cases are expected.
The illegal sorry...I mean LEGAL SYSTEM has failed copyright ©️ holders in my opinion. The fact Anthropic settlement for a mere $3000 CLAIM per infringed work means authorship like Bartz got essentially SCREWED. A slap on the wrist for Anthropic and they can tax write off the expenses. Their models essentially gained LLM leverage .
Judge Rita Lin is also navigating the largest class action litigation involving AI discrimination at work. To date, 1.1 billion applicants have been impacted by Workday's hiring software. Mobley v. Workday was certified as a class action, and the parties are trying to determine the exact number of affected applicants whose applications were rejected by Workday's AI within minutes of applying to multiple employers. The estimated value of the case is $325M.