Ed Lee
Law prof. Author. https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com
- Updated Map of All US Copyright suits v AI companies. 45 cases still live. 3 voluntarily dismissed. Don’t expect any other cases to have decisions on fair use until spring 2026 at the earliest. Bartz trial on pirated books is Dec 1st in SF, 8 AM sharp. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/08/13/u...
- Reposted by Ed LeeToday, Prof. Edward Lee (@edleeprof.bsky.social) was featured in this Los Angeles Times article, "Here's the number that could halt the AI revolution in its tracks." Read it here: www.latimes.com/business/sto...
- Reposted by Ed LeeMost popular podcasts on YouTube, says YouTube. charts.youtube.com/podcasts 1. Joe Rogan Experience 2. MeidasTouch 10. Tucker Carlson Show 13. Pat McAfee Show 26. Black Conservative Perspective 32. Bulwark Takes 34. 60 Minutes 47. Democracy Now 60. PBS News Hour 64. Call Her Daddy 74. Roland Martin
- Scraping Wars intensify.
- The web scraping wars continue: www.wired.com/story/cloudf...
- The latest AI copyright map is out. Download the PDF with links to each docket in link below: chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/06/30/u...
- “Gen Z march to their own drum. A big advantage that millennials and Gen Z adults have in being socially connected and informed, is that they can draw lessons from older adults at an earlier stage.” Also article about saving earlier for retirement. See thread below: www.wsj.com/health/welln...
- Reposted by Ed LeeIt's worth keeping in mind, insofar as today's #SCOTUS ruling is going to put a lot of pressure on federal district courts to certify nationwide class actions, that part of why nationwide classes have become harder to certify is because of ... the Supreme Court: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-136-...
- Reposted by Ed LeeSecond #SCOTUS ruling is in Braidwood. For a 6-3 majority (with Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch in dissent), Justice Kavanaugh rejects constitutional challenge to HHS panel that makes recommendations for preventive health care services: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
- Reposted by Ed LeeThird #SCOTUS ruling is in the universal service fund (non-delegation) case. For a 6-3 majority (with Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissenting), Justice Kagan *rejects* non-delegation challenge; upholds universal service fund structure and authority: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
- Reposted by Ed LeeFifth ruling from #SCOTUS is in the Texas porn age-verification case. For a 6-3 majority (with the three Democratic appointees dissenting), Justice Thomas *upholds* Texas's age-verification scheme for porn websites against a First Amendment challenge: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
- BREAKING NEWS: META wins on fair use defense in Kadrey v. Meta. Judge Chhabria warns,in dicta, says that in most cases AI training will likely be ILLEGAL and NOT FAIR USE. Problem here is Ps didn't present sufficient evidence to raise a genuine issue of market dilution, a new concept for (c).
- ICYMI @lpramsey.bsky.social
- Fair use in AI training question heads to Third Circuit on interlocutory appeal in Thomson Reuters v ROSS Intelligence. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/06/17/t...
- Here’s my reaction to Disney’s copyright suit v. Midjourney. Gives new meaning to going for broke. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/06/12/d...
- I updated the AI copyright suit map to add Disney v. Midjourney. 42 lawsuits filled, with 4 dismissals. Download the map in link below: chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/06/12/u...
- Copyright lawsuit No 42 v AI companies. Disney v Midjourney. Complaint in link below chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/06/11/d...
- OpenAI has 50 lawyers defending it in the MDL litigation. Sparing no expense. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/06/10/h...
- What’s the value of the prototype of the Birkin bag: “It will be sold as part of a Paris Fashion Icons sale, which Sotheby’s is holding on July 10.” Is it over/under $1M? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/s...
- Was doing a podcast. Seems like a slow news day. What did I miss?
- Andersen v Stability AI has a fascinating dispute over Dr. Ben Zhao, of University of Chicago and the co-founder of Nightshade and Glaze adversarial tools to poison data used for AI training. Should he be disqualified as Plaintiffs’ expert or barred for AI companies’ confidential info?
- Link here: chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/06/04/h...
- Reposted by Ed LeeProf. @edleeprof.bsky.social published a new edition of his casebook, "International Intellectual Property, Problems, Cases, and Materials" faculty.westacademic.com/Book/Detail?...
- Stunning development: www.wsj.com/tech/google-...
- Settlement anything but amicable. Litigation probably not ideal to sort out this controversy.
- Wrote a recap of the beige Amazon influencer copyright lawsuit, with new details about some of what came out in the last few months. Influencer who was accused of copying says that in some cases, metadata proved she had taken her pics and vids before the plaintiff www.theverge.com/news/676357/...
- Reposted by Ed LeeTaylor Swift announced on Friday that she had bought back the rights to her first six albums. Swift said that her record-breaking Eras Tour helped make her acquisition of the masters. She did not disclose the price. nyti.ms/3FgfXzZ
- Reposted by Ed LeeContinuing jobless claims, highest since Nov 2021 .. “.. The numbers suggest the combined impact of the Trump administration’s .. initiatives are starting to take a larger toll on the labor market as those out of work increasingly struggle to find new positions.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Influencers dispute settled. My students loved this case. Probably the best class discussion of the year, even better than the AI lawsuits. www.thefashionlaw.com/lawsuit-over...
- After Gifford survived a motion to dismiss, settlement is a bit of a surprise. Plus settlement hardly seems amicable.
- Reposted by Ed LeeGood news, everyone: a car isn't a character just because it gets a nickname! cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
- An inspiration and visionary who shined a bright light on human suffering. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
- Judge Alsup said at today’s hearing in Bartz v Anthropic that he’s leaning to ruling that AI training by Anthropic was fair use. More: chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/05/22/j...
- Reposted by Ed LeeWhat a mighty good plan: Salt N Pepa are suing UMG over their sound recordings. Salt N Pepa served notices of termination under the Copyright Act. UMG claims the termination is invalid because, among other things, the recordings were works for hire. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
- AI acceleration is speeding up. There’s already a prototype of a new AI device Jony Ive designed. Buckle up. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/05/21/o...
- Reposted by Ed LeeBlog Post: Photos in a Similar Style Aren’t Copyright-Infringing–Woodland v. Lil Nas X blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
- Reposted by Ed LeeSAG-AFTRA has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Epic Games for its use of A.I. for Darth Vader’s voice in Fortnite.
- Latest Map of all AI Copyright lawsuits. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/05/17/l...
- Reposted by Ed LeeCorgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star. PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇
- Reposted by Ed LeeTwo British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300. Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
- If the Copyright Office can issue its report on fair use in pre-publication form, I’ll do the same with my article, “Fair Use and the Origin of AI Training.” Forthcoming in @HoustonLRev 2025. My article shows why Copyright Office is wrong about fair use. Download: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
- It gives me no pleasure to do so, but let me be the first copyright professor to say the U.S. government should not adopt the pre-publication report of the U.S. Copyright Office on AI training issued late Fri. by Register of Copyrights Perlmutter. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/05/12/o...
- We created an infographic to depict the AI companies facing the most copyright lawsuits in the world. Download your PDF in the link: chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/03/30/i...
- ICYMI: @copyrightlately.bsky.social here’s what I came up with.
- Reposted by Ed Lee“S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary sector has wiped out all gains since the end of November.” (via Kevin Gordon)
