3 Count: Rally Cat Case

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1: OpenAI Tells India Court ChatGPT Data Removal Will Breach US Legal Obligations

First off, today, Arpan Chaturvedi, Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil at Reuters report that OpenAI has asked an Indian court to dismiss a lawsuit against them, saying that India is not the proper jurisdiction for the case.

ANI, a local news agency, filed the lawsuit, alleging that OpenAI infringed on its copyright by training AI systems on its content. ANI is seeking to remove its content from OpenAI’s databases.

However, OpenAI argues that such a removal would violate its obligations in the United States and that the proper venue for the lawsuit is the U.S. They claim that various cases in the U.S. require them to preserve their training data, making such deletion impossible.

2: Taylor Swift’s Lawyers Change Defense in Copyright Lawsuit

Next up today, Jenna Sundel at Newsweek reports that Taylor Swift’s lawyers are changing tactics in an ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit. They allege that, in addition to the case being meritless, it was filed too late and should be time-barred.

Poet Kimberly Marasco filed the lawsuit, alleging that several of Swift’s songs contain text and other elements from her poems. Taylor Swift has already been dismissed from the lawsuit after Marasco failed to promptly serve her the paperwork. However, the lawsuit against Swift’s production company is ongoing.

Since Marasco filed the claim in April 2024, Swift’s lawyers are arguing that she should only be able to pursue claims that she learned about after April 2021. However, all the albums at issue were released before that date, meaning that the case should be dismissed for not being filed timely.

3: Ongoing Lawsuit Alleges Copyright Infringement by University Over Athletics Logo

Finally, today, Jessie Pennington at The Vermont Cynic reports that a former employee of the University of Vermont (UVM) is suing the school, alleging that they created the original version of the schools athletics logo.

Sophia Boyages was an administrator at the school with a background in graphic design. According to the lawsuit, she created the original version of the current rally cat logo in her spare time and registered it with the US Copyright Office in December 2023. She claims the school has never compensated her for using the logo and is currently using it without permission.

The logo is currently used to represent the school’s various athletics programs. This includes merchandise, signage and stationery. Neither the university nor Boyages commented on the case, citing ongoing litigation.

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