Are you a Canadian author who owned or co-owned the copyright to works used
to train an AI Large Language Model between January 2021 and present?
If so, you might be a class member.
Proposed class actions have commenced regarding the following:
Anthropic PBC
This action is brought on behalf of all members of a class consisting of the Plaintiff and all natural persons or corporations, resident in Canada, who owned or co-owned the copyright to works included in the “Books3” dataset that was used by Anthropic to train one of its various versions of large language models (LLMs) between January 2021 and the present.
MacKinnon v. Anthropic PBC, SCBC Vancouver Registry No. S-253893.
Databricks Inc. and MosaicML Inc.
This action is brought on behalf of all holders of Canadian copyright in works included in datasets called “The Pile” and “Books3” that were used by the Defendants to train one of the various versions of the Defendants’ LLMs.
MacKinnon v. Databricks Inc. et al, SCBC Vancouver Registry No. S-255562.
Meta Platforms Inc. and Facebook Canada Inc.
This action is brought on behalf of all members of a class consisting of the Plaintiff and all natural persons or corporations, resident in Canada, who owned or co-owned the copyright to works included in the “Books3” or “LibGen” datasets that were used by Meta to train one of the various versions of the Meta LLMs between January 2022 and the present.
MacKinnon v. Meta Platforms Inc. et al, SCBC Vancouver Registry No. S-252936.
NVIDIA Corporation
This action is brought on behalf of all holders of Canadian copyright in works included in datasets called “The Pile” and “Books3” that were used by NVIDIA to train one of the various versions of the NVIDIA LLMs.
MacKinnon v. NVIDIA Corporation, SCBC Vancouver Registry No. S-255561.
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