Showing posts with label copyright infringement lawsuit settlement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label copyright infringement lawsuit settlement. Show all posts

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Anthropic’s surprise settlement adds new wrinkle in AI copyright war; Reuters, August 27, 2025

 , Reuters; Anthropic’s surprise settlement adds new wrinkle in AI copyright war

"Anthropic's class action settlement with a group of U.S. authors this week was a first, but legal experts said the case's distinct qualities complicate the deal's potential influence on a wave of ongoing copyright lawsuits against other artificial-intelligence focused companies like OpenAI, Microsoft and Meta Platforms.

Amazon-backed Anthropic was under particular pressure, with a trial looming in December after a judge found it liable for pirating millions of copyrighted books. The terms of the settlement, which require a judge's approval, are not yet public. And U.S. courts have just begun to wrestle with novel copyright questions related to generative AI, which could prompt other defendants to hold out for favorable rulings."

Monday, May 4, 2020

Copyright lawsuit involving Newport art gallery owner settled; NewportRI.com, May 3, 2020

Laura Damon, NewportRI.com; Copyright lawsuit involving Newport art gallery owner settled
"Mia Tarducci, a Pittsburgh resident and artist, alleged in a lawsuit filed Feb. 11 in federal court that Coates infringed on her copyrighted work.
In 2016, Tarducci produced a collection of eight 48-inch-by-48-inch paintings known as “Floor Details,” according to the filing in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
“Each of the individual works in the ‘Floor Details’ collection is the subject of a United States Copyright Registration,” the court filing says."