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Two Federal Courts Rule That Reproduction of Books to Train LLMs Is Fair Use - But with Caveats and Strikingly Different Views

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In separate high-profile actions brought by authors against Anthropic and Meta, two California federal judges ruled that the reproduction of copyright-protected books to train large language models (LLMs) was fair use that...more

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Back-to-Back Fair Use Decisions: Two NDCA Courts Find Fair Use for AI Training, Emphasizing That the Specific Facts Concerning...

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In the second landmark decision this week relating to whether use of copyrighted content for training generative AI qualifies as a fair use, Judge Chhabria, in the federal court for the Northern District of California,...more

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Northern District of California Judge Rules That Meta’s Training of AI Models is Fair Use

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Just two days after Judge Alsup issued his fair use decision in Bartz v. Anthropic, Judge Chhabria of the Northern District of California granted summary judgment for Meta Platforms in an AI copyright infringement suit. Judge...more

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Kadrey v. Meta: The First Major Test of Fair Use in the Age of Generative AI

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On May 1, 2025, a federal courtroom in San Francisco became ground zero for one of the most consequential copyright hearings in recent memory. The three hour hearing in Kadrey v. Meta Platforms marked the first major judicial...more

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Social Links: SCOTUS strikes down law banning sex offenders from social media, denies cert in “dancing baby” case; Germany may...

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The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a North Carolina law that the state has used to prosecute more than 1,000 sex offenders for posting on social media is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment....more

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9/11 Photo Fair Use Case, North Jersey Media Group v. Fox News, Settles on First Day of Trial

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Fox News and North Jersey Media Group have announced they have settled their copyright dispute over the use of the iconic photo taken in the aftermath of 9/11, “Raising the Flag at Ground Zero,” that was posted on Facebook by...more

Knobbe Martens

To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Social Media and Intellectual Property Issues

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Social media platforms are very useful, but they also create legal issues. Without question, social media has changed the way businesses communicate with their clients and consumers. Likewise, social media has changed the way...more

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Facial Recognition Technology: Social Media and Beyond, an Emerging Concern

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This week, a major self-regulatory initiative intended to address privacy concerns associated with facial recognition technology hit a significant stumbling block. Nine consumer advocacy groups withdrew from the National...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Summary Judgment Denied On “Fair Use” Defense In 9/11 Photograph Case

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On February 10, 2015, the Southern District of New York denied Fox News’ motion for summary judgment in a copyright lawsuit involving the posting of a copyrighted image on its Facebook page. North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v....more

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