Quick Reactions to the Cox v. Sony Music Oral Argument — From Bruce Boyden: “The Cox v. Sony Music Entertainment argument just ended as I started this; here are my immediate takeaways. (For more detail on the case, see my blog series over the weekend: Part 1 on the contributory infringement test, Part 2 on the confusion about the required mental state after Grokster, and Part 3 on the connections between contributory copyright infringement doctrine and the common law.)”
Chicago Tribune Sues Perplexity AI for Copyright Infringement — “The Chicago Tribune sued Perplexity AI on December 4, 2025, for copyright infringement, alleging unauthorized scraping and summarization of its articles via the startup’s RAG system, which deprives the newspaper of traffic and revenue. This lawsuit echoes broader AI-media conflicts and could force Perplexity to adopt licensing models.”
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from November 2025 — “Licensing discussions between AI companies and copyright owners has been on the upswing, especially since the settlement in the Anthropic case was announced. In November, there was game-changing news on this front with the announcement of landmark settlements in two music AI copyright cases and new AI partnerships.”
French government considering AI bill ‘to protect copyright and reward creators’ — “Initial agreements between developers and copyright holders ‘are neither systematic nor sufficient to ensure the fair remuneration’ of content used to train generative AI, the statement said adding that a broad interpretation of data-mining exemption is a particular issue. One possible measure to be included in the bill would be a reversal of the burden of proof to establish a ‘presumption of use of cultural content by AI providers’ instead of creators having to prove their content has been used.”
No second bite at the apple for Latin American music publisher — “A music publisher that specializes in Latin American compositions could not relitigate the issue of whether it owned the rights to ten poems that were adapted by a Puerto Rican musician, the federal court for Puerto Rico has held. The court, in dismissing the music publisher’s counterclaim in the latest of a long-running series of legal battles between the two parties, found that the issue of ownership had already been litigated in an earlier lawsuit and there was no reason why the matter should be reopened in the current case.”