Explore the Anthropic class action lawsuit, its implications for AI copyright, and the current status heading toward a settlement.| Copyleft Currents
Explore the Anthropic class action lawsuit, its implications for AI copyright, and the current status heading toward a settlement.| Copyleft Currents
1 post published by heatherjmeeker during July 2025| Copyleft Currents
The PHP project announced it is moving to a new license. PHP is a scripting language used for web development. It can be embedded within HTML and used to create dynamic web pages. It is the “…| Copyleft Currents
Here is my running tally of the lawsuits alleging that training LLMs or using them constitute copyright infringement or related torts. There are a handful of lawsuits that do not have claims based …| Copyleft Currents
2 posts published by heatherjmeeker during June 2025| Copyleft Currents
On the heels of the landmark judgment in favor of Anthropic this week, a judge in another pending AI copyright case, Kadrey v. Meta, ruled for the defendants. Thirteen authors, including most notably Sarah Silverman, sued Meta for using their copyrighted books, downloaded from “shadow libraries,” to train its large language model (Llama). The court … Continue reading "Meta Wins Partial Summary Judgment in AI Infringement Claim"| Copyleft Currents
This week, in Bartz v. Anthropic, Judge Alsup (Northern District of California) ruled that training AI large language models (LLMs) on lawfully acquired works of authorship is fair use. This is a l…| Copyleft Currents
I’m intrigued as to why an article about cannabis law cites to an article I wrote over thirty years ago about copyright fair use in postmodern art. But the Tulsa Law Review has paywalled thei…| Copyleft Currents
Clean room developments are necessary when a developer wants to “cleanse” the intellectual property burden of third party software. The need arises when third party software is provided under unacc…| Copyleft Currents
Lawyers love to talk about using new technology to make their practice more efficient. All during my career, I’ve heard law firms touting the great benefits or knowledge management, AI (gener…| Copyleft Currents
Recently, an opinion was published by a magistrate judge in Delaware, Stephanos Bibas, in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, a case filed in 2020 about AI training. For most of us who have been …| Copyleft Currents
A new opinion from the 9th Circuit, filed December 16, 2024, may change the way we think about copyleft licensing. It’s rare for the courts to opine on what constitutes a derivative work under copyright law, even less so for software. The interpretation of copyleft licenses–GPL and AGPL in particular–turn heavily on the notion that … Continue reading "9th Circuit Clarifies Derivative Works of Software: Oracle v. Remini Street"| Copyleft Currents
This week, there was some interesting movement in one of the many copyright claims relating to AI. Anthropic, the maker of Claude (my personal favorite AI for coding!) reached an agreement to settl…| Copyleft Currents
On February 14, 2024, the Court of Appeal of Paris issued an order stating that Orange, a major French telecom provider, had infringed the copyight of Entr’Ouvert’s Lasso software and violate…| Copyleft Currents
I’m trying out this metaverse-style graphic done with technology from my friends at Croquet. They have a new Wordpress plugin. More to come! My bio on OSS Capital. My bio on Tech Law Partners…| Copyleft Currents
