Latest developments
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EVOX Productions v. Stability AIC.D. Cal. Active
Other defendants' response deadline extended to October 12, 2026
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Jamendo v. NVIDIAN.D. Cal. Dismissed
S.A. Jamendo voluntarily dismissed its suit against NVIDIA without prejudice, October 9, 2026, before NVIDIA answered or moved for summary judgment
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Ted Entertainment v. AppleN.D. Cal. Active
Judge Seeborg denied Apple's motion to dismiss the DMCA anti-circumvention (17 U.S.C. § 1201) claim October 9, 2026, rejecting Apple's argument that an access control…
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USA Today Co. v. OpenAIS.D.N.Y. Active
Complaint filed October 8, 2026
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Emmerich Newspapers et al. v. Microsoft and OpenAIS.D. Miss. Active
Complaint filed October 2, 2026
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Ted Entertainment v. ByteDanceN.D. Cal. Active
Judge Corley denied ByteDance's motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint October 2, 2026, after oral argument September 24, 2026
The pillar AI copyright cases
Eight cases anyone reading the AI copyright docket should know. Each set or shifted a doctrine the rest of the docket now turns on.
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Bartz v. Anthropic
Training on books was fair use, pirated library copies were not; settled for $1.5 billion.
Now: Judge Martínez-Olguín approved the class payment distribution plan September 15, 2026; final approval July 20, 2026; fee award appealed August 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Aug 2024Settled -
New York Times v. OpenAI & Microsoft
The most-watched AI copyright action.
Now: Cross-motions for summary judgment filed in MDL 25-md-03143 September 4, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Dec 2023Active -
Authors Guild v. OpenAI
Combines the Alter, Sancton, and Basbanes complaints.
Now: Summary judgment motions filed in MDL September 4, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Sep 2023Active -
Andersen v. Stability AI
The visual-artists' class against Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt, and Runway.
Now: Magistrate Judge Cisneros ordered Midjourney to answer further discovery questions May 19, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Jan 2023Active -
Getty Images v. Stability AI (UK)
The UK High Court held Stable Diffusion's weights are not an infringing copy.
Now: Decided Nov 4, 2025 ([2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch)); Getty granted permission to appeal the secondary copyright infringement ruling on Dec 16, 2025
High Court of England and WalesFiled Jan 2023Decided -
GEMA v. OpenAI
The leading EU ruling on output memorization.
Now: Decided at first instance November 11, 2025 (LG München I, largely for GEMA); OpenAI has appealed to the Munich Higher Regional Court
LG München IFiled Nov 2024Decided -
Concord Music Group v. Anthropic
Music publishers v. Anthropic on lyric ingestion and reproduction.
Now: Cross-motions for summary judgment fully briefed (Anthropic reply September 8, 2026); hearing set October 21, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Oct 2023Active -
Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence
First U.S. ruling to reject fair use for AI training that directly competes with the source product.
Now: Third Circuit affirmed Judge Bibas's summary-judgment ruling for Thomson Reuters September 29, 2026: Westlaw headnotes are copyrightable and ROSS's use of them to train…
D. Del.Filed May 2020Decided
What an AI copyright lawsuit looks like
Most AI lawsuits are copyright lawsuits. The typical complaint pleads four overlapping theories:
- Direct infringement on training — the model ingested copyrighted works without a license. This is the question the docket is built around.
- Output-level infringement — the model emitted near-verbatim reproductions of plaintiffs' works in response to user prompts. The New York Times complaint exhibits remain the canonical demonstration.
- DMCA § 1202(b) — copyright management information (author names, license terms, watermarks) was stripped during ingestion. Now standard in author and publisher complaints.
- Contributory and vicarious infringement — typically pleaded against the cloud provider, the model distributor, or downstream deployers who exposed infringing capability to end users.
Fair use is the universal affirmative defense. Whether it succeeds is the question every ruling on this docket is now interpreting.
The four doctrines anyone tracking AI copyright should follow
Fair use on training
Whether ingesting copyrighted works to train a model is transformative fair use. Bartz and Thomson Reuters point in different directions — courts are now drawing the line by source legitimacy and downstream market substitution.
Output memorization
Whether near-verbatim reproductions in model output trigger direct liability. NYT exhibits, GEMA's nine-lyric finding, and Concord's pleadings define the doctrine on this side of the Atlantic.
DMCA § 1202(b)
Whether stripping copyright management information during training-data ingestion gives plaintiffs a separate statutory hook. The count has survived several motions to dismiss, but on September 16, 2026 the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of the § 1202(b) claim in Doe v. GitHub, reasoning that an AI system producing new code without copyright notices does not remove or alter anything.
Source legitimacy
Whether the model trained on legitimately acquired works or shadow-library copies. Bartz made this dispositive, and post-Bartz complaints now plead source provenance specifically.
All 144 AI copyright lawsuits
Active and pending 113
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USA Today Co. v. OpenAI
Complaint filed October 8, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Oct 2026Active -
Emmerich Newspapers et al. v. Microsoft and OpenAI
Complaint filed October 2, 2026
S.D. Miss.Filed Oct 2026Active -
UMG v. Suno II (60,202 recordings)
Complaint filed September 18, 2026
D. Mass.Filed Sep 2026Active -
Times Publishing v. Microsoft & OpenAI (26 local publishers)
Complaint filed September 16, 2026; plaintiffs seek coordination with the OpenAI copyright MDL
S.D.N.Y.Filed Sep 2026Active -
Seattle Times & Newsday v. OpenAI
Complaint filed September 4, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Sep 2026Active -
Gerencia 360 Music v. Suno & Bright Data
Case management conference set for December 1, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Aug 2026Active -
Sony Music Publishing v. Anthropic (lyrics)
Complaint filed August 28, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Aug 2026Active -
wikiHow v. OpenAI
Complaint filed August 21, 2026 with a statement of relatedness to the OpenAI copyright MDL
S.D.N.Y.Filed Aug 2026Active -
Round Hill Music v. Anthropic (lyrics)
Related to the Concord Music v. Anthropic cases on September 2, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Aug 2026Active -
Round Hill Music v. Suno & Bright Data
Complaint filed August 17, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Aug 2026Active -
Sullivan v. OpenAI (textbook authors)
Related to the OpenAI copyright MDL (1:25-md-03143)
S.D.N.Y.Filed Aug 2026Stayed -
EVOX Productions v. Midjourney
Complaint filed July 30, 2026
C.D. Cal.Filed Jul 2026Active -
Sony Music Entertainment v. Udio (Uncharted Labs)
Udio answered complaint August 27, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Jul 2026Active -
Hachette Book Group v. Google
Google's request to transfer the case to N.D. Cal. and stay proceedings is pending; on September 29, 2026 Google cited Judge Castel's transfer of Elsevier v. Meta in support
S.D.N.Y.Filed Jul 2026Active -
EVOX Productions v. Google (Imagen training)
Complaint filed July 9, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Jul 2026Active -
EVOX Productions v. Stability AI
Clerk's default entered against Hugging Face (reported September 7, 2026); other defendants' response deadline extended to October 12, 2026
C.D. Cal.Filed Jul 2026Active -
Richner Communications, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation
Proceedings stayed by stipulated order pending summary-judgment rulings in the OpenAI copyright MDL July 13, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Jun 2026Stayed -
Shakespeare v. Anthropic
Anthropic moved to dismiss on statute-of-limitations grounds September 18, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Jun 2026Active -
CNN v. Perplexity
Perplexity's partial motion to dismiss (Counts II–V) filed August 21, 2026; related to Chicago Tribune v. Perplexity before Judge Preska
S.D.N.Y.Filed May 2026Active -
Tanzer v. Adobe Inc.
Anna's Archive/Nemotron claim dismissed with leave to amend August 20, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed May 2026Active -
Kwon v. Anthropic PBC
Related to Cambronne (Carreyrou) v. Anthropic before Judge Pitts; Anthropic filed a consolidated motion to dismiss September 24, 2026 (hearing set December 17, 2026)
N.D. Cal.Filed May 2026Active -
Cruz v. Anthropic
Anthropic filed consolidated motion to dismiss September 24, 2026 (hearing set December 17, 2026)
N.D. Cal.Filed May 2026Active -
Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic
Related to Cambronne (Carreyrou) v. Anthropic before Judge Pitts; Anthropic filed a consolidated motion to dismiss September 24, 2026 (hearing set December 17, 2026)
N.D. Cal.Filed May 2026Active -
Elsevier v. Meta
S.D.N.Y. (Judge Castel) granted Meta's motion to transfer the case to the Northern District of California September 25, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed May 2026Active -
Cognella v. Anthropic
Related to Cambronne (Carreyrou) v. Anthropic before Judge Pitts; Anthropic filed a consolidated motion to dismiss September 24, 2026 (hearing set December 17, 2026)
N.D. Cal.Filed May 2026Active -
Cognella v. Meta
Related to Kadrey v. Meta and reassigned to Judge Chhabria May 11, 2026; Meta answered June 19, 2026; jury trial set May 24, 2027
N.D. Cal.Filed May 2026Active -
Ted Entertainment v. Amazon
Amazon moved to dismiss DMCA anti-circumvention claim in first amended complaint (reported July 30, 2026)
W.D. Wash.Filed Apr 2026Active -
Ted Entertainment v. Apple
Judge Seeborg denied Apple's motion to dismiss the DMCA anti-circumvention (17 U.S.C. § 1201) claim October 9, 2026, rejecting Apple's argument that an access control must take the form of…
N.D. Cal.Filed Apr 2026Active -
Ted Entertainment v. OpenAI
OpenAI's motion to dismiss pending; plaintiffs' opposition filed August 24, 2026; hearing set for December 17, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Apr 2026Active -
Penguin Random House v. OpenAI (Coconut the Little Dragon)
Penguin Random House sued OpenAI's European subsidiary, alleging that ChatGPT unlawfully 'memorised' and can reproduce text, images, and cover designs from Ingo Siegner's German children's…
LG München IFiled Mar 2026Pending -
BMG v. Anthropic
First Amended Complaint filed September 10, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Mar 2026Active -
Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Meta
Discovery ongoing; case management conference held before Judge Chhabria September 9, 2026; jury trial set May 24, 2027
N.D. Cal.Filed Mar 2026Active -
Britannica & Merriam-Webster v. OpenAI
Related to the OpenAI copyright MDL on March 17, 2026; stayed April 21, 2026 pending summary-judgment rulings in the MDL
S.D.N.Y.Filed Mar 2026Stayed -
Gracenote Media v. OpenAI
All proceedings stayed pending MDL summary judgment rulings April 21, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Mar 2026Stayed -
Kogon v. Google
Parties filed joint initial status report May 27, 2026
N.D. Ill.Filed Mar 2026Active -
David Greene v. Google
Federal court remanded case to state court July 23, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Mar 2026Active -
Businessing v. Runway AI
Into Ace Cam v. Runway AI (master docket 1:26-cv-01362-LAK) March 27, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Feb 2026Consolidated -
Gardner v. Runway AI
Transferred to S.D.N.Y. and consolidated with Ace Cam v. Runway AI (1:26-cv-01362-LAK) June 9, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Feb 2026Consolidated -
Ace Cam v. Runway AI
Motion to dismiss denied August 19, 2026 (lead case of consolidated Runway class actions, master docket 1:26-cv-01362-LAK)
S.D.N.Y.Filed Feb 2026Active -
Chmura v. Snap
Consolidated into Ted Entertainment v. Snap (2:26-cv-00754) April 15, 2026; motion to dismiss consolidated complaint denied August 19, 2026
C.D. Cal.Filed Feb 2026Consolidated -
Kleiner v. Adobe
Kleiner joined consolidated complaint in Lyon v. Adobe (5:25-cv-10732) April 22, 2026; member case terminated July 1, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Feb 2026Consolidated -
UMG/Concord/ABKCO v. Anthropic II
Anthropic's and Dario Amodei's partial motions to dismiss fully briefed September 14, 2026; oral argument set for November 4, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Jan 2026Active -
Ted Entertainment v. Snap
Motion to dismiss denied August 19, 2026; Snap answered consolidated complaint September 2, 2026
C.D. Cal.Filed Jan 2026Active -
Gholami v. OpenAI
After the January 8, 2026 dismissal, pro se plaintiff filed amended complaint May 27, 2026; court denied administrative motions and stayed case May 28, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Jan 2026Stayed -
Ted Entertainment v. ByteDance
Judge Corley denied ByteDance's motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint October 2, 2026, after oral argument September 24, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Dec 2025Active -
Ted Entertainment v. Meta
Meta's motion to dismiss first amended complaint pending; plaintiffs' opposition filed June 12, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Dec 2025Active -
Carreyrou v. Anthropic
Against Anthropic alone: the claims against Google, xAI, Perplexity, Apple and NVIDIA were severed and dismissed June 8, 2026, after OpenAI and Meta were severed into cases of their own
N.D. Cal.Filed Dec 2025Active -
Carreyrou v. Meta
Meta answered the amended complaint June 19, 2026; discovery referred to Magistrate Judge Hixson; jury trial set May 24, 2027
N.D. Cal.Filed Dec 2025Active -
Carreyrou v. OpenAI
Severed from Carreyrou v. Anthropic, transferred into the OpenAI copyright MDL (received in S.D.N.Y. May 1, 2026) and stayed June 1, 2026 pending the MDL summary-judgment rulings
S.D.N.Y.Filed Dec 2025Stayed -
Google v. SerpApi
SerpApi moved to dismiss Google's amended complaint (reported August 28, 2026) after DMCA claim dismissed with leave to amend July 20, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Dec 2025Active -
Magnus Fiennes and Michael Mell v. Kunlun Tech Co.
Kunlun Tech and Skywork AI moved to dismiss the complaint; Kunlun's motion filed July 14, 2026
N.D. Ill.Filed Dec 2025Active -
Lyon v. Adobe
Related Kleiner v. Adobe administratively closed at case management conference July 1, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Dec 2025Active -
The New York Times Company v. Perplexity AI, Inc.
Perplexity moved to dismiss Counts II–V of amended complaint April 17, 2026; no ruling seen
S.D.N.Y.Filed Dec 2025Active -
Chicago Tribune & 7 Other Dailies v. Perplexity
Perplexity moved to dismiss Counts II–III of amended complaint April 17, 2026; no ruling seen
S.D.N.Y.Filed Dec 2025Active -
RTI and Medusa Film v. Perplexity AI
First AI copyright lawsuit in Italy
Tribunale di RomaFiled Dec 2025Pending -
California Newspapers Partnership et al. v. Microsoft Corporation
Plaintiffs agreed to stay the case pending Judge Stein's summary-judgment rulings in the OpenAI MDL (reported December 19, 2025)
S.D.N.Y.Filed Nov 2025Stayed -
Ted Entertainment v. NVIDIA
Motion to dismiss First Amended Complaint argued July 23, 2026; ruling pending
N.D. Cal.Filed Nov 2025Active -
U.S. News & World Report v. OpenAI
Member case of In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, MDL 25-md-03143 (Stein, J.); individual docket flagged stayed; MDL summary judgment briefing began September 4, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Nov 2025Consolidated -
James v. Snowflake
Claims: Direct copyright
D. Mont.Filed Nov 2025Active -
Entrepreneur Media v. Meta
Motion to dismiss denied March 30, 2026; Meta answered April 29, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Nov 2025Active -
James v. Together Computer
Amended complaint filed April 20, 2026; discovery underway before Judge Rita F. Lin (expert discovery closes August 30, 2027); referred to private ADR
N.D. Cal.Filed Nov 2025Active -
KODA v. Suno AI
KODA alleges Suno trained its AI model on Danish artists' copyrighted songs without permission or payment, and that Suno concealed the scope and sources of its training data
Danish court (specific court not yet publicly confirmedFiled Nov 2025Pending -
James v. Cerebras Systems
Cerebras answered First Amended Complaint July 9, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Oct 2025Active -
Reddit v. Perplexity
Court allowed case to proceed without serving defendant AWMProxy August 19, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Oct 2025Active -
Woulard v. Suno
Suno's motion to dismiss amended complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue taken under advisement and discovery stayed March 10, 2026 (Judge Andrea R. Wood)
N.D. Ill.Filed Oct 2025Active -
In re Salesforce LLM Copyright Infringement Litigation
Salesforce answered amended consolidated complaint February 19, 2026; discovery underway (fact discovery closes July 23, 2027); case management conference set November 20, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Oct 2025Active -
Woulard v. Udio (Uncharted Labs)
Transferred to S.D.N.Y. (order August 3, 2026); case received in S.D.N.Y. September 12, 2026 as 1:26-cv-07968
S.D.N.Y.Filed Oct 2025Active -
Chloé Sabourin v. Meta Platforms et al.
Application for class authorisation filed
Quebec Superior CourtFiled Oct 2025Pending -
Disney v. MiniMax
Motions to dismiss denied May 22, 2026; defendants answered with counterclaims June 5, 2026
C.D. Cal.Filed Sep 2025Active -
Encyclopaedia Britannica & Merriam-Webster v. Perplexity
Civil Case Management Plan entered December 17, 2025 (fact discovery through October 16, 2026); ruling on Perplexity's November 3, 2025 motion to dismiss not confirmed
S.D.N.Y.Filed Sep 2025Active -
Hendrix v. Apple
Parties proposed a schedule putting fair-use summary judgment first, at Judge Gonzalez Rogers' request, June 23, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Sep 2025Active -
Warner Brothers v. Midjourney
Consolidated 2025-11-04 with Disney / Universal v. Midjourney (2:25-cv-05275)
C.D. Cal.Filed Sep 2025Consolidated -
Getty Images v. Stability AI (US)
Motion to dismiss granted only as to DMCA §1202 CMI claim, with leave to amend, April 23, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Aug 2025Active -
Denial v. OpenAI
Denial action stayed by stipulation during pendency of MDL September 9, 2025
N.D. Cal.Filed Jul 2025Stayed -
Strike 3 Holdings v. Meta
Judge Eumi K. Lee denied Meta's motion to dismiss June 11, 2026; case in discovery, jury trial set for February 2028
N.D. Cal.Filed Jul 2025Active -
Bird v. Microsoft
Stayed order to stay proceedings Sept 9, 2025: Claims: Direct copyright (related to In re OpenAI MDL)
S.D.N.Y.Filed Jun 2025Stayed -
Justice v. Udio (Uncharted Labs)
Reconsideration of dismissal of state-law unfair competition claim denied August 17, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Jun 2025Active -
Justice v. Suno
Motion to dismiss denied except as to state-law claim (reported August 21, 2026)
D. Mass.Filed Jun 2025Active -
Disney/Universal v. Midjourney
Midjourney moved for judgment on the pleadings on Disney's contributory infringement claim July 22, 2026
C.D. Cal.Filed Jun 2025Active -
Reddit v. Anthropic
In San Francisco Superior Court; Anthropic's demurrer argued August 12, 2026; ruling pending
Superior Court of California, County of San FranciscoFiled Jun 2025Active -
Ziff Davis v. OpenAI
Active (narrowed) — material-contribution contributory infringement and trademark dilution claims dismissed with prejudice by Judge Stein (reported August 7, 2026)
Del. → S.D.N.Y. MDLFiled Apr 2025Active -
Millette v. OpenAI (now captioned Petryazhna v. OpenAI)
Stayed by agreement of counsel within MDL 1:25-md-03143 (reported June 5, 2025)
S.D.N.Y.Filed Apr 2025Stayed -
Like Company v. Google Ireland Limited (CJEU referral C-250/25)
Pending before CJEU — oral hearing held 10 March 2026; CJEU judgment expected late 2026 or 2027
Court of Justice of the European UnionFiled Apr 2025Pending -
SNE, SGDL and SNAC v. Meta Platforms
Three French authors' and publishers' associations allege Meta used their members' copyright-protected literary and creative works without authorisation or consent to train its Llama…
Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris, Troisième ChambreFiled Mar 2025Pending -
Anne Robillard v. Meta Platforms (Quebec class action)
Application for class authorisation in progress
Quebec Superior CourtFiled Mar 2025Pending -
Advance Local et al. v. Cohere
Partial motion to dismiss denied November 13, 2025 by Judge Colleen McMahon (S.D.N.Y.); copyright, trademark, and Lanham Act claims survived; discovery proceeding through 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Feb 2025Active -
Indian Music Industry (IMI), T-Series, Saregama India, Sony Music India v. OpenAI
IMI heard as intervenor (I.A. 4027/2025) in ANI v. OpenAI; interim injunction denied July 24, 2026; Division Bench issued notice to OpenAI on ANI's appeal September 15, 2026
Delhi High CourtFiled Feb 2025Pending -
Pierce v. Photobucket
March 10, 2026 order by Chief Judge Brimmer dismissed the damages claims without prejudice, sent plaintiff Niki Hughes to arbitration and administratively closed the case pending arbitration
D. Colo.Filed Dec 2024Stayed -
Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP) v. OpenAI
Pending (parties directed to file separately from ANI suit)
Delhi High CourtFiled Dec 2024Pending -
Toronto Star Newspapers Limited et al. v. OpenAI et al.
Jurisdiction upheld November 7, 2025 (2025 ONSC 6217, Kimmel J.) over six OpenAI entities; OpenAI's appeal of jurisdiction ruling pending
Ontario Superior Court of JusticeFiled Nov 2024Active -
Asian News International (ANI) Media Pvt. v. OpenAI OpCo
Interim injunction denied July 24, 2026; Division Bench issued notice on ANI's appeal September 15, 2026
Delhi High CourtFiled Nov 2024Active -
Alcon Entertainment v. Tesla
Magistrate Judge Oliver deferred ruling on Alcon's bid to depose Elon Musk, reported August 19, 2026
C.D. Cal.Filed Oct 2024Active -
Dow Jones & NYP v. Perplexity
Claims: Direct copyright; vicarious; contributory; Lanham Act. Stakes: Damages + injunction
S.D.N.Y.Filed Oct 2024Active -
Center for Investigative Reporting v. OpenAI
Summary-judgment motions filed in MDL 25-md-03143 September 4, 2026 (CIR is among the moving News Plaintiffs)
S.D.N.Y.Filed Jun 2024Active -
UMG et al. v. Suno
Leave to add DMCA §1201(a) claim granted and bid to add 61,026 recordings denied August 18, 2026; second suit filed September 18, 2026
D. Mass.Filed Jun 2024Active -
UMG Recordings v. Udio (Uncharted Labs)
Judge Hellerstein denied Sony leave to amend to add ~30,000 recordings June 29, 2026; Sony filed separate second suit (1:26-cv-06120) July 20, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Jun 2024Active -
Dubus v. Nvidia
Member case closed May 13, 2025 and proceeding under lead case Nazemian v. NVIDIA, No. 4:24-cv-01454-JST
N.D. Cal.Filed May 2024Consolidated -
NY Daily News et al. v. OpenAI
Material-contribution contributory infringement and trademark dilution claims dismissed with prejudice (reported August 7, 2026)
S.D.N.Y.Filed Apr 2024Active -
Abdi Nazemian v. NVIDIA
Judge Tigar ordered supplemental briefing on plaintiffs' objection to the magistrate judge's dataset-discovery ruling August 5, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Mar 2024Active -
In re Mosaic LLM Litigation
Cross-motions for summary judgment (infringement; fair use) filed June 29, 2026; hearing set October 30, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Mar 2024Active -
Raw Story / AlterNet v. OpenAI
On appeal — Second Circuit oral argument held March 18, 2026 before Judges Wesley, Jacobs, and Lee on Article III standing for DMCA §1202 (CMI) claim; decision pending
S.D.N.Y.Filed Feb 2024Active -
The Intercept v. OpenAI
Active (narrowed) — consolidated into MDL 25-md-03143 (S.D.N.Y., Stein, J.). Earlier partial dismissal ruling Feb. 20, 2025 (Rakoff, J.) narrowed claims; JPML centralized April 3, 2025
S.D.N.Y.Filed Feb 2024Active -
Basbanes v. Microsoft
Member case of In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation MDL (1:25-md-03143, S.D.N.Y.)
S.D.N.Y.Filed Jan 2024Stayed -
New York Times v. OpenAI & Microsoft
Cross-motions for summary judgment filed in MDL 25-md-03143 September 4, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Dec 2023Active -
Pictoright c.s. v. Meta Platforms
Interim judgments issued; expert investigation proceeding; final judgment pending
Rechtbank AmsterdamFiled Oct 2023Active -
Concord Music Group v. Anthropic
Cross-motions for summary judgment fully briefed (Anthropic reply September 8, 2026); hearing set October 21, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Oct 2023Active -
Huckabee v. Bloomberg
Motion to dismiss DENIED IN FULL November 24, 2025; discovery to proceed
S.D.N.Y.Filed Oct 2023Active -
Authors Guild v. OpenAI
Summary judgment motions filed in MDL September 4, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Sep 2023Active -
In re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation
EVOX Productions v. Google related to the consolidated case (reported September 9, 2026)
N.D. Cal.Filed Jul 2023Active -
Kadrey v. Meta Platforms
Remaining claims in discovery; Judge Chhabria granted Meta additional discovery on the new contributory-infringement claim August 11, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Jul 2023Active -
Tremblay / Silverman v. OpenAI
Summary judgment briefing began in MDL 25-md-03143 (news and class plaintiffs) September 4, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Jun 2023Active -
Andersen v. Stability AI
Magistrate Judge Cisneros ordered Midjourney to answer further discovery questions May 19, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Jan 2023Active -
Doan v. Clearview AI
Federal Court of Appeal allowed the appeal July 16, 2025, set aside the prior order refusing certification, and returned the certification motion to the Federal Court of Canada for…
Federal Court of CanadaFiled 2020–2021Active
Settled, decided or dismissed 31
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Jamendo v. Suno
Voluntarily dismissed without prejudice by plaintiff August 13, 2026
D. Mass.Filed Jun 2026Dismissed -
Jamendo v. NVIDIA
S.A. Jamendo voluntarily dismissed its suit against NVIDIA without prejudice, October 9, 2026, before NVIDIA answered or moved for summary judgment
N.D. Cal.Filed Jun 2026Dismissed -
Apress Media v. Anna's Archive
Default judgment for plaintiffs ($19.5 million statutory damages) entered May 19, 2026
S.D.N.Y.Filed Mar 2026Decided -
Erickson v. OpenAI
Case dismissed by Judge Vince Chhabria on April 17, 2026 after pro se plaintiff failed to respond to OpenAI motion to dismiss; terminated April 20, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Feb 2026Dismissed -
Youngblood v. Meta
Voluntarily dismissed without prejudice February 19, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Feb 2026Dismissed -
Youngblood v. NVIDIA
Plaintiff's notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice February 3, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Jan 2026Dismissed -
Anders v. Stability AI
First amended complaint dismissed with prejudice March 23, 2026; motion to alter or amend judgment denied May 6, 2026
W.D.N.C.Filed Dec 2025Dismissed -
Folha de S.Paulo v. OpenAI (Brazil)
Lawsuit ended by OpenAI content licensing agreement with Folha and UOL announced May 25, 2026 (court disposition under seal)
Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo / São Paulo business court (first instance)Filed Aug 2025Settled -
BoligPortal A/S v. ReData (database rights opt-out case)
Decision reversed on appeal — First-instance preliminary injunction was overturned by the Danish Eastern High Court May 12, 2026
Danish courtFiled Jul 2025Decided -
DJV e.V. v. Süddeutsche Zeitung
Munich Regional Court I ruled for DJV and ver.di September 23, 2026, barring Süddeutsche Zeitung's AI-rights clauses for freelancers as intransparent; judgment not yet final
LG München IFiled Apr 2025Decided -
GEMA v. Suno
Decided — LG München I, 42nd Civil Chamber ruled for GEMA, holding that Suno infringed copyright by reproducing protected works in its models and making them publicly available in outputs
LG München IFiled Jan 2025Decided -
Graphic designer v. internet user (AI-generated logos copyright case)
Decided 13 February 2026: A Munich local court held that AI-generated logos in this case did not meet the threshold for copyright protection because they lacked sufficient identifiable…
Amtsgericht MünchenFiled 2025Decided -
Lyricist v. Publisher (AI-modified song lyrics copyright case)
Decided 17 December 2025: The Frankfurt Regional Court reached two holdings
Landgericht Frankfurt am MainFiled 2025Decided -
Voice actor v. YouTube creator (AI voice personality rights case)
Decided 20 August 2025: A German court held that the unlicensed use of an AI-generated voice that is strikingly similar to a real voice actor's voice in a commercial YouTube video infringes…
Landgericht BerlinFiled 2025Decided -
GEMA v. OpenAI
Decided at first instance November 11, 2025 (LG München I, largely for GEMA); OpenAI has appealed to the Munich Higher Regional Court
LG München IFiled Nov 2024Decided -
Vacker v. Eleven Labs
Case terminated November 6, 2025
D. Del.Filed Aug 2024Settled -
Bartz v. Anthropic
Judge Martínez-Olguín approved the class payment distribution plan September 15, 2026 (initial payments by Nov. 15, 2026); final approval July 20, 2026; fee award appealed August 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Aug 2024Settled -
Millette v. NVIDIA
Voluntarily dismissed by plaintiff; case terminated March 24, 2025
N.D. Cal.Filed Aug 2024Dismissed -
Millette v. Google
Voluntarily dismissed — case terminated April 30, 2025
N.D. Cal.Filed Aug 2024Dismissed -
Anonymous Publisher v. Anonymous Online Search Engine Provider
Decided 3 December 2024: Hungarian appeals court held that downloading and storing data in a search engine's index for the purpose of creating AI-generated snippets of press articles was…
Budapest Municipal Court of AppealsFiled 2024Decided -
Beijing Internet Court — Zhou v. Beijing Technology Company (AI image copyright evidence case)
Decided and upheld on appeal (announced 16 September 2025)
Beijing Internet CourtFiled 2024–2025Decided -
Shanghai Cultural Development Co. v. Hangzhou Intelligent Technology Co. (Ultraman / LoRA AI case)
Decided and affirmed on appeal (December 2024)
Hangzhou Internet CourtFiled Jan 2024Decided -
Yuewen Group v. Defendant (AI LoRA character image training case — Shanghai)
Shanghai Jinshan District People's Court held the user who trained and shared the LoRA model liable on November 3, 2025; the AI platform was not held liable
Shanghai Jinshan District People's CourtFiled 2024–2025Decided -
Huckabee v. Meta
Dismissed without prejudice January 30, 2024 (stipulation with a tolling agreement)
N.D. Cal.Filed Dec 2023Dismissed -
Getty Images v. Stability AI (UK)
Decided Nov 4, 2025 ([2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch)); Getty granted permission to appeal the secondary copyright infringement ruling on Dec 16, 2025
High Court of England and WalesFiled Jan 2023Decided -
DPG Media B.V., Mediahuis Nederland B.V. and Mediahuis NRC B.V. v. Knowledge Exchange B.V. (HowardsHome)
Decided 30 October 2024: Dutch media companies claimed HowardsHome's AI-generated article summaries infringed their copyright, press publisher's right, and database rights
Rechtbank AmsterdamFiled 2023Decided -
Li v. Liu (AI-generated image copyright case)
Decided 27 November 2023: Landmark Beijing Internet Court ruling recognising for the first time in China that an AI-generated image can be protected by copyright and that the human prompter…
Beijing Internet CourtFiled 2023Decided -
Robert Kneschke v. LAION e.V. (First instance)
Decided (27 September 2024, first instance); affirmed on appeal 10 December 2025; further appeal heard by Federal Court of Justice September 3, 2026, decision pending
Landgericht HamburgFiled 2023Decided -
S. Š. v. Taubel Legal (AI-generated image authorship case)
Decided 11 December 2023: The Municipal Court in Prague held that authorship under the Czech Copyright Act is reserved to natural persons, so an image produced by an AI tool from a short…
Obvodní soud pro Prahu 10 / Municipal Court in PragueFiled 2023Decided -
Doe v. GitHub (Copilot)
Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of the DMCA § 1202(b) claim on September 16, 2026
N.D. Cal.Filed Nov 2022Decided -
Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence
Third Circuit affirmed Judge Bibas's summary-judgment ruling for Thomson Reuters September 29, 2026: Westlaw headnotes are copyrightable and ROSS's use of them to train its AI tool was not…
D. Del.Filed May 2020Decided