CopyrightN.D. Cal.3:26-cv-05598

Shakespeare v. Carney

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Summary

Authors sue Anthropic and others for copyright infringement over AI training data allegedly used without permission.

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Counsel of record

For the plaintiff
  • PRO SEAlex Stupak, Ben Westhoff, Brenda L. Thomas +13 more
Other counsel (amici, etc.)
  • PRO SEAllen Salkin, Danielle Santiago-Cofield, Danny Rust +1 more
Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Docket no.
3:26-cv-05598
Nature of suit
Copyright
Filed
2026-06-10

Cause

17:101 Copyright Infringement

Entities in this case

Shakespeare2Carney

Parties

Scott Carney (plaintiff) Marcy Dermansky (plaintiff) Kirk Zurosky (plaintiff) Rebecca Zanetti (plaintiff) David Young (plaintiff) Florence Williams (plaintiff) Ben Westhoff (plaintiff) Patrice Washington (plaintiff) Lemuel (Boo) Walker (plaintiff) Lisa Turner (plaintiff) Brenda L. Thomas (plaintiff) Natalia Sylvester (plaintiff) Kiki Swinson (plaintiff) Alex Stupak (plaintiff) Jordana Rothman (plaintiff) Gene Stone (plaintiff) Jesse Stay (plaintiff) Benjamin Mann (defendant) Dario Amodei (defendant) Anthropic PBC (defendant)

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