Publishers suing Meta over alleged pirated book use in AI training sought subpoenas of OpenAI and Anthropic's torrent client records to challenge Meta's defense that uploading was an unavoidable BitTorrent protocol feature. A federal magistrate judge sided with OpenAI and Anthropic, ruling their torrent logs irrelevant and that Meta's fair use defense should be tested by examining BitTorrent client technology itself.
Andy Baio raised $8,000 on Kickstarter to create a chiptune remix of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, but used photographer Jay Maisel's copyrighted album cover artwork without permission to promote his commercial product. Maisel sued for copyright infringement and won a $32,500 settlement, though internet figures like John Gruber criticized Maisel's assertion of his rights.
The Authors Guild and 17 co-plaintiff authors are seeking summary judgment against OpenAI and Microsoft in a consolidated copyright infringement class action, alleging the companies used fiction writers' works to train GPT models without authorization. OpenAI argues its use was transformative and fair, while plaintiffs contend it constitutes mass piracy that threatens authors' livelihoods and the publishing industry.