As articulated in their January 15th motion to the court, Cengage Group and Hachette Book Group would serve as representatives for all publishers whose rights have similarly been infringed by Google. In this case, authors and publishers allege infringement of millions of works to train the AI model “Gemini”. Read more here.
The reply states that Google’s opposition misrepresents the clear legal interests of publishers in this matter and misstates the law on timeliness of the motion to intervene. As hundreds of publishing houses would become Class members if the Court grants the class certification put forth by the original plaintiffs, it is important and necessary for publishers to step up to become directly involved and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with authors in the fight to protect two centuries of fundamental copyright law.
According to Maria A. Pallante, AAP President and CEO: “The decisions of some AI developers to trample the rights of authors and publishers while raking in untold profits continue to shock the conscience. (…) In this infringement lawsuit against one of the largest developers in the world, every creator, current and future, stands to benefit from the expertise and evidence that publishers can provide.”
IPA will continue to follow the development of this case, which is pending before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Read the full reply here.