AI Copyright & Generative AI Liability Explosion

Multiple lawsuits and regulatory actions against AI companies for training on copyrighted material. Key developments: Sony expands Udio lawsuit to 30,000 songs; Anthropic's $1.5B settlement approved (Bloomsbury gets ~$19M for 14K titles); nearly 400 newspapers sue OpenAI; German court rules AI training downloads can fall under TDM exception; new detailed German legal analysis provides compliance checklist. Indonesia becomes first SE Asian country to regulate AI in copyright with compensation mandate for news aggregation and AI training. SCOTUS Cox v Sony erodes DMCA safe harbors. Ongoing litigation and policy debates.