Two California district court judges recently issued competing rulings pertaining to fair use as a defense against the alleged improper use of copyrighted works to train large language models (LLMs). The two orders, issued...more
7/30/2025
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A California federal judge recently issued one of the first substantive generative AI decisions to date. In Anderson, et al., v. Stability AI Ltd. et al., 23-cv-00201-WHO (N.D. Cal. Oct. 30, 2023) (“Stability AI”),...more
On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court held that the “purpose and character” of the Andy Warhol Foundation’s (AWF) use of Lynn Goldsmith’s portrait of Prince did not favor a determination of fair use....more
On April 5, 2021, the United States Supreme Court held that Google did not infringe on Oracle’s copyrights by copying 11,500 lines of Oracle’s Java SE API code....more
4/13/2021
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