Judge Wang Won’t Recuse From OpenAI Case Despite Owning Microsoft Stock
Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang disclosed she held Microsoft stock while overseeing publishers' and authors' copyright suits against OpenAI and…
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HarperCollins, Publishers Contest Authors’ Cuts in Anthropic’s $1.5B Deal
Authors in Anthropic's $1.5 billion book-piracy settlement say publishers and literary agents are filing claims on payments they don't own,…
Seattle Times, Newsday Sue OpenAI, Microsoft, Seek Destruction of AI Models
The Seattle Times and Newsday filed suit against OpenAI and Microsoft on September 4, 2026 in the Southern District of…
Seattle Times, Newsday Sue OpenAI, Microsoft, Citing $300M Rival Licensing Deals
The Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft on September 4, 2026 in the Southern District of New York,…
DOJ Backs OpenAI in NYT Copyright Suit, Calls AI Training Fair Use
The Justice Department filed a brief on September 2, 2026 backing OpenAI's fair-use defense in The New York Times' December…
India Denies AI Sole Authorship, Echoing US Thaler v. Perlmutter Line
The Indian Express reports the Copyright Office rejected authorship for a purely AI-generated work, mirroring the US Supreme Court's March…
US Reportedly Backs OpenAI in NYT Copyright Case — Thin on Detail
Punch Newspapers reported on September 3, 2026, that the US government has sided with OpenAI in the New York Times'…
Five States Ban Location Data Sales, But None Let Consumers Sue
EFF's Aug. 31, 2026 review finds Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, and Virginia have banned the sale of precise geolocation…
California Passes AB 1709 Youth Social Media Ban; EFF Presses Newsom to Veto
California's legislature unanimously passed AB 1709 on August 31, 2026, banning recommendation algorithms and other 'addictive features' for users under…
Sony Music, Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic Over Alleged Song Piracy
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell and other music publishers sued Anthropic and co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann in federal…