AI Litigation Update
Dec 05, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST Webinar; REGISTER HERE About the event Our twice yearly litigation update […]
Suno, Yout, Perplexity AI and §1201: AI Training and another piece of the DMCA
“No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.” 17 U.S.C.
Creating with AI: Copyright Issues Related to Authorship, Authenticity, and Preservation for AI-assisted Works
Time & Location Nov 21, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST Webinar with OCEAN REGISTER HERE About the event
Copyright Winter is Coming (to Wikipedia?)
This is a guest post by Matthew Sag, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data
The Morisky Medical Adherence Scale: a case study in using flimsy copyright claims to inhibit research
For anyone who is a regular reader of Retraction Watch, few things are more frustrating than seeing research retracted over
AI, Authorship, and the Public Interest Grant Recipients
We’re delighted to announce the five recipients of our AI, Authorship, and the Public Interest grant awards. Chosen from a competitive pool of over 160 proposals, these grantees stood out for their thoughtful, innovative projects that align closely with our research priorities and our mission to serve the public interest.
Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval – Key Takeaways
On Thursday, Judge Alsup of the Northern District of California granted preliminary approval of a settlement in the class action
Beyond the Exception: Licensing, Access, and the Realities of Text and Data Mining in the US, UK, and Singapore
This is a post by Syn Ong, AI Policy Researcher at Authors Alliance. Authors increasingly rely on text and data mining (TDM) to analyze large corpora across disciplines. Our new working paper, Beyond the Exception: Licensing, Access, and the Realities of Text and Data Mining in the US, UK, and Singapore, finds that formal legal permissions alone do not secure usable access for TDM research. Instead, usable access turns on how statutory rules interact with private licenses, platform architectures, and technological protection measures (TPMs).
The Anthropic Settlement – what it is and isn’t (and who could get paid)
On Friday, both sides in the Bartz v. Anthropic lawsuit filed motions for the court to consider regarding preliminary approval of a settlement in the class action copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Anthropic last year by three book authors.
Bartz v. Anthropic: A Preliminary Look at What LibGen Books May Be Included in the Class Action
As readers are likely aware, the Bartz v. Anthropic AI lawsuit had a couple of major developments recently. Though the lawsuit was initially brought to address the legality of using copyrighted materials for training AI, the suit has now shifted its focus to Anthropic’s storage—without training use—of copies of books downloaded from LibGen and PiLiMi, two sites that share pirated copies of books and other materials.